Zoe Saldaña and Brad Garrett are among the voice cast for the animated feature about a young boy who, feeling out of place on Earth, dreams of getting abducted by aliens.

If the measure of a good Pixar movie is that it makes you cry, then the studio’s new interstellar romp, Elio, is a rousing success. If the goal is to have a coherent, cohesive story, however, the results are a little less conclusive.