With deeper themes, colorful visuals, and the right amount of heart, Coco understands the mexican culture perfectly!

Rating: 10/10 (27 May 2018)

When I saw the previews of the movie, I became interested at the concept of a Pixar film exploring the Mexican culture and Dia de Muertos (AKA The Day of the Dead) and to my surprise back at late 2017, it lived up to my expectations and became one of the best films of that year (including Dunkirk, Wonder Woman, War for the Planet of the Apes, etc.) Sure, it has a cliché about music being forbidden (nothing negative to say about it), but once we got to the Land of the Dead, the rest of the film got a whole lot better.
Not only does it have a great plot full of heart and emotion that explores the themes of culture, family, life, and death brilliantly, but the characters motivations made them believable most notably Miguel and Hector. Also, there is a plot twist which I'm not going to spoil to those who haven't seen the film yet. The pacing is really good, the directing is really strong, Michael Giacchino's score is brilliant thanks to it being authentic to the setting the movie takes place, and last but not least the animation. Not only from the expressive character designs on the humans and skeletons on the Land of the Dead, but the visuals themselves which are just as gorgeous as Brave's Scottish setting.
I've found myself another favorite Pixar film (heck it's also my favorite CGI animated movie). It's just as good as the Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and Inside Out. This deserves a LordoftheFuture seal of approval. Recommended! :)