Pixar Is Back! Beautiful, Stunning and Emotional

Rating: 9/10 (2 December 2017)

It can't be denied that Pixar is one of the best studios of animation. Most of their movies have become classics and we all love their characters (Monster Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Toy Story, Up, etc.) But since 2010 the only great Pixar movie had been Inside Out, the rest of them being boring or unnecessary sequels that weren't so great. But with this movie Pixar is back at its best form.
This movie tells us the story of a young kid who wants to be a musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, but his family does not let him play music, so he starts a journey across the Land of the Dead in the Day of the Dead festivity to try to follow his dreams. Well, my only issue with this movie is that the basic idea of the story is not that original. I mean, a kid wants to do something, but his family won't let him, so he has to do something about it to finally reach his dreams. But the way the story is told to us is the thing that will make you forget this. It's a really beautiful story about the family, the love and the music, all with the background of the Mexican culture. About this, I have to say that Pixar exceeded my expectations. They really did a great research of every little detail of the Mexican culture and they put it into the movie with such a love and care that just for seeing all of those little details you would want to watch it a second time (in the credits you can see all the name of the families that helped in this research and that shows the interest Pixar put into it).
The cast (well, voice cast was really great). From the young Anthony Gonzalez (as Miguel) to Benjamin Bratt (as Ernesto de la Cruz) or Gael Garcia Bernal (as Hector) they are all perfect in their roles and they give a special feeling to their characters that was really great and added a lot to the story. It's usual in good Pixar movies that it has really lovely characters and this is no exception. It has some really wonderfully crafted characters that you fall in love with even in a less than two hour film.
The visuals of this movie are amazing (what you expect?). All the recreation of the Mexican culture is fantastic, with really colorful landscapes, and with a lot of little details full of meaning. Some shots even looked like they were real images with animated characters in it. The music is fantastic as well. There are some really beautiful songs. I especially love the song Remember Me (Recuérdame) that appears in many different versions throughout the movie and it is really emotional. And also a special mention to the Pixar composer by excellence, Michael Giacchino (who even has a brief cameo in the movie as orchestra leader) who as usually gives the movie a lot more emotion with his beautiful melodies, bu also recreates the musical soundscape of Mexico with really funny musical tracks with guitars, trumpets and so on.
I would recommend this movie to everyone. I mean, it's a movie that will touch you for sure (I cried for the final 10 minutes of the movie). It's really beautiful, with lovely characters, stunning visuals and really emotional music. What else would you want? It's Pixar at its best. I think you don't need more, so go watch it right now!