Coco: A Pixar triumph

Coco: A Pixar triumph - review

Coco was the Christmas Eve movie last year. It could be surprising. It has nothing to do with Christmas, or does it?

It is a beautiful story about love, family, and… music. Miguel, the main character, wants to be a musician, but his family has banned music from their lives for a few generations now. How to live without music?

Latin culture and family

Disney and Pixar focused on different cultures around the world to tell their stories. This is most probably one of the reasons their movies are so popular in so many places.

In Coco, Pixar chooses a vibrant cultural background and, in my opinion, the most unexpected of their traditions for a children’s movie: the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos).

It was adorable to see how tight-knit a traditional Mexican family can be, helping their elderly and taking on demanding responsibilities from everyone in the house.

I think what was more surprising, after all, was that the movie was not only entertaining but also had interesting educational value.

Talking about Death For Children

Death is a topic that we avoid with children. It hurts, and it is complicated. What means to be dead? Does that person end up somewhere else? Depending on your religious beliefs, you do your best to explain, but most of us avoid it until we can't anymore.

In Mexican culture, the dead are considered part of the family, involved in daily life, and the Day of the Dead is extremely important to them, giving a different perspective on the subject for most children.

Certainly, it's not the first time death is discussed in kids' movies, but like Big Hero 6, Coco presents it as more than just suffering—it's a celebration of life, showing children a less dark side of it.

Irreverent

Coco is colorful and enjoyable, with amazing scenes and characters. Extravagant and ambitious on one side, sensitive and emotional on the other. This story is one of the most unexpected in the history of animation I’ve ever seen.

It is, without a doubt, a deserved triumph for Pixar.

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