Are you able to name some famous Disney Pixar films that you can think of? I’m pretty sure you can! After producing sequels after sequels of movies (like Cars, Monster Inc., Finding Nemo and Toy Story) in the past years, it is finally time that Disney Pixar showcase something fresh that their audiences can realise the full potential of their production studio. 

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‘Coco’ is a musical-based film that showcases the charming and touching aspects of celebrating the homecoming of the dead. The film is beautifully animated with a plethora of colours and elements of life – like Music, Architecture and Family. 

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“The rest of the world may follow the rules, but I must follow my heart.”

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WHAT MAKES ‘COCO’ THE BEST DISNEY PIXAR MOVIE?

Apart from the outstanding amount of achievements made for the past films like Cars and Monster Inc, ‘Coco’ is a breakthrough for Disney Pixar as it is animated and produced in a fresh concept of musical which Disney Pixar have never done before. 

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As much as ‘Coco’ is different from the other past films from Disney Pixar, it still flows along the ‘Disney Pixar Concept’ – which is when the films often feature a protagonist going through his/her way to achieve his/her quest, and with this journey, often comes along a companion to follow along the protagonist’s quest.

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“We may have our differences, but nothing’s more important than family.”

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SUMMARY OF ‘COCO’

In the beginning of the movie, we’re introduced to the protagonist of the film, Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez), whom loves music and wants to sing and play guitar like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Ernesto de la Cruz is a very popular singer and actor from the 1920’s and 30’s. 

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With an unfortunate background of Miguel’s family, music have been banned in his household and Miguel’s grandmother, Abuelita (Renee Victor). Miguel’s burning passion in Music had to be kept as a secret in his family, where he could only play and sing in a secret roof-top location he has. 

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On the Day of the Dead, he was dying to perform at his town’s festival but eventually, getting him into trouble and bringing him over to the Land of the Dead. He started to see skeleton-formed bodies floating around and not a single human body can be seen. As he goes over to the Land of the Dead, he reunited with his past ancestors and teamed up to help himself unravel the truth behind the reason Abuelita’s ban in music. 

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As the truth slowly unravels through the journey in the afterlife, Miguel realised that the truth behind the ban had always been a misunderstanding from an old family photograph with his great-great grandfather, Hector’s face being torn apart.