Beautiful, sad, and amazing to look at. Great for the whole family.

Rating: 9/10 (4 March 2018)

Coco (4.5 out of 5 stars).
Coco is such a beautiful emotionally sad story about a young boy Miguel who always dreamt about being a musician. When his family abandoned music in general after their great great grandfather was a famous musician and walked out on their life. He wants to pursue his dream of being a musician and accidently transports himself into the land of the dead. Where he has to seek his great great grandfather to return him back to living and to share the truth to his family about him.
Pixar has made a comeback. They have been struggling with there sequels like Cars, and a boring The Good Dinosaur. Coco turned things for the better. It was a really good film. I am not sure if this one counts as a musical film as well. Since Miguel sings in a competition concert and a break out song. But the musical score was also beautifully done as well.
The story and concept was great. It also explores the Mexican tradition of the day of the dead holiday. On why they celebrate it and there perspective on the living and the dead. Basically, families put out pictures of lost loved ones and their favorite foods and items by their pictures. And the spirit is able to come and visit the living if they are still remembered. Those who is slowly forgotten, they disappear from the land of the dead to another world.
The film did a great job exploring the plot. And a boy's dream of being a musician while his family disapproved of and hoped he can join the family business of making shoes. The visual effects and animations is top notch beautiful. It is colorful, amazing, and eye candy to look at. When the land of the dead scenes are shown. Every skeleton design has decorations on them, or costumes, or the scenery of that world is just amusing. There was never a dull moment.
The voice talent of Anthony Gonzalez did great as Miguel. Gael Garcia Bernal as Hector was good. Benjamin Bratt as Ernesto was good. The musical scene was great. A bit of a Spanish song with some English was great.
It is also a tearjerker when you actually care for these characters. And has a theme that it focuses on about family and forgiveness.
Only thing I thought it could have been better was Michael Giacchino music score. It was not as recognizable or memorable compare to his earlier work. Sadly, his music score in Good Dinosaur was more noticeable than this film.
Overall, Coco is a really good film. Fun for the whole family. A plot and concept that explores the culture and tradition of the day of the dead which is really neat. The visuals and animation was beautiful and colorful. Voice talent was great. Lacking in memorable music score. But still a fantastic film.
I recommend this film to all.