×Elio, the newest character in the Disney animation canon, might not get a ride at Disney World. He’s fine, but the movie that introduces him is hardly Magic Kingdom-worthy.

Just when you think he’s going to deal with bullies on Earth, Elio (a lively Yonas Kibreab) is abducted by aliens and shuttled to the Communiverse where he’s misidentified as Earth’s ambassador.

There, he makes friends with aliens and, thanks to a supercomputer, understands what they’re saying: Lord Grigon, apparently, wants to take the Communiverse by force, prompting others to look to Elio as their negotiator. To solve problems back home, they create an Elio clone and send him to Elio’s aunt, an Air Force major who’s his guardian now that his parents are gone.

In the process of solving the problems of the universe

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