Day Of The Dead Authenticity/movie review

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2018)

I would rate the movie Coco (directed by Lee Unkrich) a 10/10 in terms of all-around entertainment and Cultural accuracy. The cultural piece I want to focus on the most is the depiction of El Dia de Los Muertos more specifically how accurate their traditions were in the movie and see if they accurately celebrated the famous Spanish holiday. One of the most important traditions of El Dia de Los Muertos is the offering table, every family has their own offering table where everything on it serves as a symbol for something else(Avila, Lisa. "A Day To Remember Family." A Day To Remember Family, 5 Nov. 2011, pp. 1-1.Elibrary.). This held true in Coco where on Miguel's offering table he had old shoes of his shoemaking ancestors and some of their favorite meals and snacks all offering as a symbol of something they liked or did in their past life. Another common thing to do on El Dia de Los Muertos is to visit the graveyard for a big party. Families bring a huge feast to eat while they clean tombstones, sing songs, and talk to their ancestors(Kelleher, Elizabeth. "Day of the Dead." Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More, National Geograohic Kids, 28 Sept. 2016, kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/celebrations/day-of-the-dead) . Even though we did not see Miguel's family celebrating at the graveyard it is clear other families took to the graveyard to celebrate as we could see after Miguel got cursed into the afterlife. Overall Coco Is a culturally accurate and entertaining movie and I would definitely recommend watching it.