COCO

Rating: 9/10 (31 March 2020)

The film is based on the Mexican Day of the Dead, a story about dreams and death, and a story lingered by affection and love. Death and love are the core themes. The story revolves around the twelve-year-old Mexican boy Miguel's pursuit of a music dream. Miguel loves music, but in the concept of family, their family is cursed by music, so his dream is rejected by his family. So Miguel embarked on a dream-seeking journey secretly.
By chance, he touched a guitar, which brought him into the world of the undead. Surprisingly, instead of being cold and horrible, this world is colorful. There are hairless dogs unique to Mexico, colorful paper-cuts, delicious traditional Mexican food ... everything is the same as the real world, or even more wonderful. More importantly, in this beautiful new world, he reunited with his deceased relatives and regained his affection. At this time, Miguel's dream was no longer just a guitar, a game, but to enjoy the strong warmth supported and accompanied by his family. In the process, his dream has been sublimated and his life has become fuller.
From the perspective of literary narrative, the movie story itself does not transcend tradition. The deep connotation of "Looking for a Dream" is to portray an undead world with humanistic temperature and a view of life and death. Through the movie, we will even believe that death is not indifferent and lonely, there can still be loved ones and friends, there are beautiful things to meet unexpectedly, and there are dreams to chase.