'Vivo' gets Lin-Manuel Miranda animated again in a sweet if slight adventure
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After putting the wind in "Moana's" sails with his music and lyrics, Lin-Manuel Miranda brings his stage-honed chops to another animated movie in "Vivo," a sweet if slight love story built around an inordinately resourceful kinkajou. Premiering on Netflix, Miranda's songs elevate a small-boned effort -- call it cute, without that being pejorative -- with an unabashedly romantic streak.
The title kinkajou (voiced by Miranda) has been raised in Cuba by a street performer, Andrés (Juan de Marcos), who reveals his long unpursued love for musical star Marta Sandoval (Gloria Estefan), who is planning a farewell concert in Miami. An unforeseen turn leaves Vivo seeking to fulfill Andrés' wishes by embarking on a seemingly impossible mission for a rainforest "honey bear" with big cartoon eyes, journeying to Miami to deliver to Marta the love song that Andrés wrote for her decades earlier.More Related News