My g-d, you could see the peach fuzz on Miguel's face! Amazing.

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2018)

I (knew) very little about Mexican tradition and I knew absolutely nothing about the film Coco except for a few trailers I saw on TV but decided to see it after a few friends raved about it on facebook.
I went to a matinee by myself. I bought my ticket, got my popcorn and I even brought in a few tissues because I was warned I might cry. well, 10 minutes into the film tears were pouring down my cheeks. Not because of anything sad. Because of how absolutely BEAUTIFUL the film was. A remarkable touching story, remarkable details!
A movie about life and death that is so colorful, so absorbing, so poignant, and so approachable for kids, and with so many layers upon layers upon layers of meaning and significance for adults.
Pixar did an amazing job. I absolutely fell in love with adorable Miguel and his street dog Dante. My god, you could see the peach fuzz on Miguel's face! You could feel the intricate finger movements while playing a worn-out guitar you could see the minuscule pores and imperfections of the bones. and the COLORS! the visually gorgeous bright colors, like the rich orange cempazúchitl flowers-known in English as marigolds and the paper banners called Papel Picado - (Tissue paper with cut-out shapes put on altars to represent air.)
Coco might be the most beautifully animated, wonderful movie I have ever seen.
It's a visual marvel, a musical phenomenon and had many really emotional moments that by the end of the movie I WISHED I had brought in an entire BOX of Kleenex! It was that good.
Everyone should see this movie to remind them that death is not something to be afraid of for it is a part of our life that everyone will undergo someday, that no one ever truly dies, as long as someone still remembers them in their memories, forever and ever.