A young Mexican boy, named Miguel, narrates the history of his family, who absolutely hates music to the point where it’s banned. They even yell at people who play music near them.
Miguel, however, loves music, defying his family’s rules against it. They practice shoe-polishing. One time, Miguel pretends to follow along, but really wants to play music. He gets a guitar – only for his grandmother to destroy it.
Regardless of the family’s no-music guideline, Miguel finds a picture of his great-grandmother, Coco, as a small girl, with her mother, and her father… except that his face is missing. Miguel yearns to find out who this man is, since Coco cannot recall her father.
Miguel goes somewhere and plays the guitar, once owned by the famous Ernesto de la Cruz. That takes him to the afterlife for the remembered. Miguel meets his deceased family members, who also loathe music. Yet, he flees from them and meets a man named Hector, who offers to take him to Ernesto’s mansion. Will Miguel find out who Coco’s father was? Could it be Ernesto?
Despite having a similar plot and premise to another animated film called “The Book of Life” (2014), which caused me to resist seeing the movie at first, it turned out to be a lot better. The characters, their relations to one another, and the plot twists, were strong and amazing. I especially felt sorry for Miguel when his grandma destroyed the guitar he’d received, which I think is beyond cruel.
Yet, the film had more moments that I admire. One is the second death in the afterlife, where someone in the land of the remembered is forgotten, and dies, thus going to the land of the forgotten. Another includes teaching the audience about Mexican culture and customs.
But the best part about this movie is the music and the songs, such as “Remember Me,” a popular hit amongst the general public. A lot of Disney Pixar movies don’t include musical numbers, so this is a unique element.
Overall, I enjoyed “Coco” very much, and would rate it 5 out of 5 stars.
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Awesome. Thanks.
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Hello Sunayna & readers,
Sunyana your post states, “A lot of Disney Pixar movies don’t include musical numbers.” So, I decided to look up the musical numbers that are incuded. Here is the list I found, provided by; https://www.allmusic.com/album/disney-pixar-greatest-hits-mw0000817584
Toy Story, film score
1
You’ve Got a Friend in Me
Randy Newman
Randy Newman 02:04 Amazon
A Bug’s Life, film score
2
The Time of Your Life, song
Randy Newman
Randy Newman 03:14 Amazon
Toy Story 2, film score
3
When She Loved Me
Randy Newman
Sarah McLachlan 03:05 Amazon
Monsters, Inc., film score
4
If I Have You
Randy Newman
Billy Crystal / John Goodman 03:39 Amazon
Cars, film score
5
Real Gone
Sheryl Crow / John Shanks
Sheryl Crow 03:22 Amazon
6
Life Is a Highway
Tom Cochrane
Rascal Flatts 04:36 Amazon
7
Our Town
Randy Newman
James Taylor 04:07 Amazon
Ratatouille, film score
8
Festin
Michael Giacchino / Michael Giocchino
Camille 02:51 Amazon
WALL-E, film score
9
Down to Earth
Peter Gabriel / Thomas Newman
Peter Gabriel 05:59 Amazon
Toy Story, film score
10
Infinity And Beyond
Randy Newman
03:09 Amazon
A Bug’s Life, film score
11
Suite
Randy Newman
05:12 Amazon
12
The Flik Machine
Randy Newman
02:54 Amazon
Toy Story 2, film score
13
The Cleaner
Randy Newman
01:50 Amazon
Monsters, Inc., film score
14
Monsters, Inc.
Randy Newman
02:09 Amazon
15
The Scare Floor
Randy Newman
02:41 Amazon
Finding Nemo, film score
16
Nemo Egg
Thomas Newman
01:16 Amazon
17
First Day
Thomas Newman
01:15 Amazon
18
Field Trip
Thomas Newman
00:58 Amazon
The Incredibles, film score
19
The Incredits
Michael Giacchino / Michael Giocchino
07:23 Amazon
Cars, film score
20
McQueen And Sally
Randy Newman
02:01 Amazon
Ratatouille, film score
21
Wall Rat
Michael Giacchino / Michael Giocchino
01:50 Amazon
22
Colette Shows Him Le Ropes
Michael Giacchino / Michael Giocchino
02:57 Amazon
WALL-E, film score
23
Define Dancing
Peter Gabriel / Thomas Newman
02:23 Amazon
24
First Date
Peter Gabriel / Thomas Newman
01:21 Amazon
Up, film score
25
Carl Goes Up
Michael Giacchino / Michael Giocchino
03:34 Amazon
It appears that thanks for music in Disney Pixar movies is owed to Michael Giocchino, Thomas Newman, Randy Newman, Sarah McLachlan, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Sheryl Crow, John Shanks, Tom Cochrane, and Peter Gabriel.
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Wow, I didn’t know that. Thanks for the list.
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No problem Sunayna, I learned in my online classes to look things up and do research on anything I want or need to know.
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Nice
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Thank you.
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