Pixar is back with its old creative ways with Coco. A beautiful love letter to Mexico and its culture of honoring the departed loved ones and the people they left behind. It's also about family and the love that binds each member from the present to the afterlife.
Coco is about Miguel, a young boy who dreams of becoming a musician, like his idol the great late Mexican singer Ernesto de la Cruz. For some reason, his family objects anything related to music in general. A trip to the cemetery on Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) suddenly transports Miguel to the other world and there he discovers, with the help of a mischief named Hector (voiced by passion by Gael Garcia Bernal) the truth of everything. The other world is so enchanting that kids would totally forget that it is a world inhabited by the dead. There are some great references to iconic Mexican figures such as Frida Kahlo, the actor Cantiflas and the wrestler Santo.
Coco's script co-written by its director Lee Unkrich is so beautifully written you forget that it's animated movie. I won't be surprised if adults are the ones who are more engrossed in the film rather than the children. The last 30 minutes of the film have the best drama scenes that you can find in any Hollywood movie this year. It has such raw emotions that will leave you teary eyed and make you say a prayer to your departed loved ones.
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