Movie Info
Starring: Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldana, Remy Edgerly, Brandon Moon, Brad Garrett, Jameela Jamil
Story: Pixar animated sci-fi adventure directed by Adrian Molina and centers on Elio Solis (Yonas Kibreab), a young dreamer who is accidentally transported to the Communiverse, an intergalactic organization. Mistakenly chosen as Earth’s ambassador, Elio must navigate alien trials, form unexpected friendships, and figure out his true purpose.
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Top Elio Quotes
Bryce: Where’s everyone else?
Elio: Unfortunately, most of our members came down with, amnesia and forgot to come, but I’ll see you at the next meetup in three months!
Elio: This is Elio Solís of the planet Earth. I come in peace and I’m super excited to join you. I’m creative, hardworking, shredded. So please come and get me. I’ll be waiting. Okay, bye. Love you.
Elio: Should I bring forks, or would they think they’re weapons? Not worth the risk! I’ll bring spoons. Nice, peaceful spoons.
Elio: Where’s my good cape? It’s not in the wash, is it? Ah. Here it is! Blue or green? Which one says, “Take me with you,” but not in a desperate way?
Elio: I don’t care about friends. I need to meet aliens.
Olga: Your life isn’t up there, Elio. It’s down here.
Olga: This just isn’t how I thought my life would be.
Elio: I knew it! I knew aliens were looking for me. You saved my life! I promise I’ll pull my weight on this spaceship? Is this a spaceship? Anyway, where should we start? Probes? Samples? I’ve got plenty.
Elio: Who would win in a fight? One gorilla with a baseball bat or ten chimps?
Universal Users Manual: None who fight are true winners.
Elio: Huh?
Universal Users Manual: [sighs] The gorilla.
Ambassador Naos: I suggest we run and hide.
Ambassador Helix: Yes, let’s go to the edge of the cosmos and turn off all the lights.
Ambassador Tegmen: Applications are closed indefinitely.
Elio: But I just got here!
Ambassador Helix: Such a shame. Let’s check back in a few thousand years?
Ambassador Helix: Until then, as you say on Uh-Earth. Okay, bye. I love you.
Ooooo: [to Elio] World leaders, such as yourself, can’t just disappear. Your planet would descend into chaos. That’s what cloning clay is for.
Other Elio: Should I change anything or just stick with the low self-esteem and desperation to belong?
Elio: Why waste your life trying to connect with people who don’t get you?
Glordon: Well, Dad values blood, glory, the misery of his enemies.
Glordon: I’ve never been a bargaining chip before. I’ve been a liability. A disappointment. A deduction. I’ve also been a pillow, an enigma, a problem, a headache.
Elio: It’s me! The leader of Earth. And the negotiation is not over because now I’ve got this!
Lord Grigon: Glordon?
Elio: Yes, and-and pretty soon he’s going to be Glor-done.
Elio: The only people who wanted me are gone. But I don’t know. What if there’s nothing about me to want? I thought Earth was the problem, but what if it’s me?
Glordon: Well, I like you. And you seem fine to me.
Olga: I feel crazy! I’m on the beach trying to make contact with I don’t know what. I just feel so alone. You wouldn’t understand.
Elio: Actually, I do.
Elio: I didn’t think you’d miss me.
Olga: I missed you. I’ve missed everything about you.
Elio: But this isn’t the life you wanted.
Olga: The only thing I want is you.
Other Elio: Well, if you don’t need me anymore, I will begin my decomposition process. Feel free to spread me over a plant as nutritious fertilizer.
Bryce: Bro, I bet that UFO was real. Oh, what if they’re here for food and the only thing they eat are hamsters? I’m fine with that.
Gunther Melmac: A Master of Ham always helps in a jam.
Lord Grigon: I may not always understand you, but I still love you.
Ambassador Questa: Congratulations, Ambassador Solís!
Elio: But I lied to you!
Ambassador Questa: And then you sacrificed yourself to save another.
Ambassador Helix: You behaved as admirably as any real planetary leader.
Ambassador Tegmen: And you did bring peace. Eventually.
Ambassador Questa: You have earned your place here.
Elio: This place is amazing, but Earth is home. I didn’t give it a chance, but now I want to try. With you.
Olga: Are you sure?
Elio: We’re family.
Elio: This isn’t goodbye. It’s just not yet.
Ambassador Questa: We understand. You are unique, Elio of Earth, and “unique” can sometimes feel like “alone”. But you are not alone. Okay. Bye. I love you.
Carl Sagan: [recording] It’s an ancient human theme. You can find it in virtually every culture. In religion, folklore, superstition, and, now, in science. The search for life elsewhere is remarkable in our age because this is the first time that we can actually do something besides speculation. We can send spacecraft to nearby planets. We can use large radio telescopes to see if there is any message being sent to us lately. And it touches to the deepest of human concerns. Are we alone?