Coco Review

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2018)

The latest Disney Pixar Movie Coco was based around the spanish holiday Dia de Los Muertos. It shows lots of traditions that are a part of the normal life in Mexico. It represents all of them really well. Some of them are in big parts in the story and others are small details. During the first part of the movie they show paper cut outs showing a story. This is very common during that time of year. According to "Mexico." Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holidays, edited by Robert H. Griffin and Ann H, "Artisans are famous for their carefully cut tissue banners, which are displayed to welcome the spirits of the dead. Designs are cut into as many as fifty sheets of tissue paper at a time." They show lots of the paper designs in the intro and this quote shows that the movie was accurate with the paper tissues. One of the small issues with the movie is when they have dinner. Mexico." Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World, edited by Susan Bevan Gall and Kathleen J. Edgar states that, "Cena, supper, is typically a light meal eaten after 9 p.m," In the movie they eat a large meal with lots of different foods. I think they did this to show different types of food but they could have shown that during a different part of the movie. Gómez, Edwin. "Latino Leisure Lifestyles." Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America, edited by Gary S. Cross says, "Leisure and recreation for Latinos tend to be very social. In general, Latinos participate in recreational activities in larger groups than other Americans, and these groups are composed of family members, extended family members, and close friends." They show this in the movie during the main characters Home life. He lives with all of his family. He eats, sleeps, works, and celebrates with all of his family. This was portrayed very accurately by Pixar in multiple scenes. Over all I give the movie an 8.5/10 on accuracy of Latino traditions. The only downside was the meal but it was only a minor thing. Pixar did an excellent job representing Latino tradition.