Award-winning animated movie of a young boy wanting to be a musician.

Rating: Null/10 (15 January 2019)

My wife and I watched and enjoyed this movie at home on BluRay from our public library. The title is a reference to the great grandmother who, as a child, was sung to by her father. The father disappeared when she was a girl, maybe 90 years earlier, to pursue his own musical career. But, as we eventually find out, the story was a lot more complicated.
Young Anthony Gonzalez, 11 when he was given the role, is featured as Miguel who wants to become a guitar player but has to hide it from his family, they never forgave the great, great grandfather for disappearing.
The story plays heavily on Mexican family customs, where the matriarch usually has the last say in things. It also plays heavily on the belief that you must display photos of deceased family members to assure their remembrance in the afterlife.
As my wife commented, it is similar to "Monsters Inc" in that it has a really interesting story to go along with the great Pixar animation. It won the Oscar in 2018 for best feature animated movie.
All in all a great little movie with good family messages.