Bright colours and music for the kids, an insight into mortality for the adults

Rating: 8/10 (28 January 2018)

This is definitely up there with Wall-E for me.
Coco is one of the saddest pixar films that I have seen. It touches issues such as family, dementia, ageing, and being forgotten by everyone. I can see this as being a good starting point for parents to start talking to their children about death. I overheard a child on the bus home from the cinema ask her dad why the film is called Coco when the boy is called Miguel and I think this must be an intential conversation starter for families to discuss the idea of grandparents passing away.
If I had watched this as a child, I am sure I would be focussed on the family aspect of the film, but as an adult it strikes a much more sobering tone. Hector's friendpassing into the 'final death' was extremely tender and well done. There just enough adult jokes and bizarre elements to stop the film from being overly depressing and the bad guy gets struck down by karma.