The animated movie Arco reminds us to be careful what you wish for especially when you’re ten years old.
10-year-old Arco is like any little brother. He can’t wait to turn 12 so he can do what his parents and older sibling do, time travel. All he wants is to go back in time and see a dinosaur. Well, who can blame him?
One night he steals his sibling’s cloak and diamond that contains time travelling powers and he’s off. After a few hiccups, he’s flying through the clouds leaving a rainbow tail behind him.
Landing hard in 2075 he meets 10-year-old Iris who takes him home. But home is nothing like his clean, easy life in the clouds.
Iris lives inside a dome, while outside the hostile environment oscillates between fires and storms. That’s not all that’s different. While Acro has the loving support of parents, Iris spends most of her time being looked after by a robot. It’s not that her parents don’t love her, they’re just busy with work and other commitments. They do however manage to beam in as holograms at bedtime. Despite these conditions Iris seems happy.
When Arco attempts to return home he realizes the special diamond is missing.
The two embark on a quest to find the jewel so he can return home, but that’s not easy with another colossal storm on the horizon.
The central theme of the movie is how earlier generations have not looked after the environment, with time travel bringing back items to work out what happened. Another key message is to be careful what you wish for especially when you’re young.
The movie brings up the usual the childhood angst of parents not listening them, however it adds in a big guilt-ridden dose of parents being absent. It was interesting to see that future robots have emotions, their power source heart shaped. It was also intriguing to see what’s survived and made it to the future, sandwiches and toilet paper it would seem. The movie is quite dark in some patches so maybe not for anxious kids.
For more information go to Luna Cinemas
-
overall
