Didn't Connect with "Coco"

Rating: 7/10 (5 December 2017)

I have to admit that "Coco" left me a little bit cold.
It's got dazzling and colorful animation, and it brilliantly brings to life the land of the dead. It's also refreshing to see a high-profile animated film focused on a people and a culture (in this case Mexico and specifically its celebration of the Day of the Dead) that aren't traditionally represented in mainstream movies. But the story just didn't connect with me the way the best Pixar movies (like "Wall-E" and "Toy Story 3") do. I knew when I was supposed to cry, but I wasn't sad enough to. I'm not at all religious and I don't believe in an afterlife or think about the dead in the same way this film obviously does, so maybe that explains my rather indifferent reaction to it when others seem to be responding so strongly to it.
Grade: B