Release date: November 22, 2017 (U.S.)
Cast: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Pratt, Alanna Ubach
Director: Lee Unkrich
Summary:
Coco, is a fun loving story based on the Mexican holiday, Dias de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. This story shows Miguel, a young boy who loves music and admires his idol who has inspired him, Ernesto de la Cruz, a famous musician from the 30s and 40s. Miguel has trouble showing his love for music, since his family for many generations 
have banned any type of music from their home. After Miguel’s great, great grandfather left his family in the past to become a musician, leaving his wife and child, generations of the family have excluded any form of music from their lives and have been working in shoe making for many generations since then. One day when trying to sneak into Ernesto’s grave to get his very well-known guitar, he ends up going to the other side, the land of dead. Miguel sees many of his past generation relatives, but can only go back to the living if he follows his great great grandmother’s wishes, to never make music again. He refuses this offer and while trying to leave finds help from, Hector, a man who can’t go back to the living on Dias de los Muertos, because no one has a picture of him and very few remember him, except for Coco. Miguel and Hector go through a crazy adventure to help each other and along the way find out many things neither of them knew before.
Review:
This movie, rated 96% by rotten tomatoes, was really a great one and really surprised me. I thought it would just be another generic Disney movie, but it really amazed me for many reasons. First of all were the graphics, they were amazing. Just from one screenshot, (the one below), in scene in the Land of the Dead just was so detailed and colorful and really surprised me how just one image could be so detailed. This image showed Miguel first seeing The Land of the Dead in a whole view.
Another amazing part about it was the plot and how it made me and others feel. The movie’s plot definitely swung your emotions back in forth. Most people, including myself, probably cried for some parts and laughed at others. There were so many plot twists too which couldn’t let you sit still in your seat. Even the characters were very detailed and showed a lot of emotions. Each character, living or dead, had their own personality. The whole movie took 6 years to make which is one of the longest time periods for making a movie for Pixar. This made sense once I saw the movie. The director, Lee Unkrich said, he was so inspired by the real life holiday of Dias de los Muertos, that he was just sure he had to make a movie about it. “The true beauty of the holiday began to emerge for me”, Lee said. “I started to see the true potential to tell a unique story that could be big and adventurous and visually dazzling, but also have a solid, emotional core to it”. I would recommend Coco to anyone of all ages. It may seem like it is just a kid’s movie, but people of all ages can see it anytime. The one hour and 49 minutes of the movie would be very well spent. It’s never too late to watch it too and I would really recommend this to anyone who wants to see a good, warm-hearted movie.