What is Luca's IQ Score?

Luca has an IQ Score of 128/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 29/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 29/50 Educational Value, and 41/50 Craft & Quality.

Luca is moderate on educational value, 29/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Luca IQ Score 128/200

Luca has an IQ Score of 128/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-09-07·Methodology

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128/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Ages 6-12SEL 38/50

Luca poster, IQ Score 128/200, Competent tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Legacy score. Published under our earlier workflow, before the current standard took effect in August 2026. A founder reviewed and approved it against our methodology, under a process that does not meet the standard we hold now. What this means →

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Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

SEL Score/50

The SEL value shown is a legacy value, reviewed at the total level only. Competency-level SEL review is part of re-verification.

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.
SEL: social-emotional learning on the CASEL framework, self-awareness, regulation, social awareness, relationships, and decision-making. Does not affect the IQ Score.

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The Verdict

Best forFamilies with kids 6 to 12 drawn to sun-washed friendship stories that hold their allegory lightly

Skip ifBig set pieces are the priority; this is a small seaside story that ambles on purpose

Use it asAn opener about hiding parts of yourself and what a real friend does with the secret

Why you should trust this score

TVI Kids methodology reviewed by Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP

Nationally Certified School Psychologist. Shapes and reviews the kids methodology and personally reviews every TVI Kids Essential designation.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

round((C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4)

Database scale

2,607 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Enrico Casarosa's Pixar feature set on the Italian Riviera that the studio's marketing undersold as a buddy story. The sea-monsters-as-allegory framing is left open enough that queer-coded, immigrant-coded, and neurodivergent-coded readings all sit comfortably without the film forcing any of them.

The Vespa dream as a cognitive engine the protagonist actually pursues is rare child-animation work.

People & Production Enrico Casarosa · Pixar · United States 24 connections

Direction & creation

Director

Enrico Casarosa

Writer

Jesse Andrews Mike Jones

On screen & sound

Selected voice cast

Jacob Tremblay Jack Dylan Grazer Emma Berman Maya Rudolph Jim Gaffigan Saverio RaimondoSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Composer

Dan Romer

Production & release

Production company

Pixar Walt Disney Pictures

Distributor

Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group Fórum Hungary Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Disney+

Country of origin

United States

Original language

English

Credits and relationships: Wikidata, CC0. TVI preserves production, broadcasting, and distribution as separate roles.

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The Trailer

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