Water guy Wade (voiced by Mamoudou Athie, center left) digs the fiery personality of Ember (Leah Lewis) though not everybody in Element City does in Pixar's animated "Elemental." Getting audiences ...

In a sprawling city where the four elements are living entities, a sweet and unlikely romance forms between a Fire woman and a Water guy ... And we see that from Elemental’s first scene ...

Wade, the water guy, whose father died before the events ... done for you when he’s no longer around for you to tell him? “Elemental” offers one answer. After Ember finally tells her father ...

Director Peter Sohn wanted to prove that fire and water could not only mix but fall ... to understand how to use the effect [of these two elemental characters] in a cinematic way.” ...

If it’s possible for a Pixar movie to be both cute and problematic, “Elemental” might just fit ... legs and mouths full of wind; Water people, shown as walking, talking, shape-shifting ...

That’s why I love Elemental ... and a young man named Wade Ripple. Ember is made of fire (duh), and Wade is made of water. Throughout the film, she has the misconception that fire and water ...

Pixar's "Elemental" is here! The Peter Sohn-directed film is taking fans to the fictional world of Element City, where the elements -- fire, water ... go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges ...

"He can do everything," says Pete Docter, Pixar Animation Studio's chief creative officer and Elemental's executive producer. "He's a genius story guy ... meets a Water character named Wade.

Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. As often as ...

Disney and Pixar's Elemental. Water, earth, air and fire elements are all in the mix in the original animated film. It centers on a fiery young woman named Ember, who meets a watery guy named Wade.

“Elemental” attempts to be Pixar’s first ... They grow closer, though Ember’s parents don’t approve of her new water man (Wade’s family is actually pretty cool with the potential ...