Far be it from me to speculate as to why something like this...

Rating: 7/10 (14 February 2020)

...captures people's hearts and imaginations but something also appropriating culture like Isle of Dogs was marginally reviled for it. That odd effect aside, Coco was a very satisfying, very obvious, simple, but fun and beautiful and important minor entry in Pixar's pantheon.
My girlfriend's niece, at 5 years old, couldn't watch this film as the skulls apparently scared her. I look forward to the time where she begins to grasp what death is about and can shed some of her fear of it by watching this film and understanding how another culture celebrates and deals with the most natural of things.
Yes it's another animated film with a silly animal sidekick and yes it all plays out exactly as expected, with just the same beats and just as briskly, but it's visually fresh and physically comedic and touches on some of the balanced ideas about art and fame, family and sacrifice, memory and forgiveness.
Overall I enjoyed it better than I thought I would and I might even watch it again some day although there's little else to be gleaned from it, it won't be boring.