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 why their movies are so popular in so many different places.

In Coco, Pixar chooses a vibrant cultural background and, in my opinion, the most unexpected of their traditions to a children’s movie: the day of the dead (Dia De Los Muertos).

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

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

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 animation history I’ve ever seen.

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

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