Good movie, but cultural aspect needs work

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2018)

The movie Coco directed by Lee Unkrich was an overall good movie if you like a cute movie that has a great theme. There were many flaws about the culture but they do not impact the overall story.
The Latino culture has very different family dynamics. The older generations care a lot about modesty in clothing, while the children have changed to current trends. Culturegrams' experts explain, "The kids dress more modern, in t-shirts, jeans, and tennis shoes, while the older generations like to dress formally. Women wear long skirts to cover knees, they wear capes to carry babies. Men wear long khaki pants, and short sleeves that covers the elbows."(1 Clothing in Latino Culture) This was very prevalent in the film with the main character, Miguel a little boy, in the more modern clothing. A red sweatshirt and khaki jeans and tennis shoes. The parents and grandparents in the more formal attire. The mom always has a waist apron, which shows that she works, but she is pregnant.
That brings us to our next topic. Women and pregnancy. Women are supposed to have children, and lots for that matter, but there are certain things that pregnant women shouldn't do according to their culture. The experts that studied and made Culturegrams makes a great point on the latino culture. They say, "Pregnant women should not be exposed to extreme heat, spicy food, or any type of physical activity because doing this will hinder the birthing process." (2 Pregnancy in Latino Culture) This didn't happen in the movie. The mother seems to be at least eight months pregnant, and she still works in the shoe business. According to the culture being in the sun and making shoes will hinder the birthing process. Although she didn't mention anything about spicy food, it was set around the day of the dead which has a lot of food.
The food in this movie was very accurate for what the latino culture eats and brings for the day of the dead. Experts who added to Culture about food stated, "Staple foods include corn, beans, rice, and chilis. This is combined with many spices, vegetables, and meat or fish. Candies are anywhere from sweet, to salty, to spicy."(3 Food in Latino Culture) This was accurate in the movie because of the food that they had on the altar. This part was really good and showed the cultural aspect.
This movie had one more cultural aspect that was huge when it comes to latino culture. Family dynamics. The movie did a lot of misinterpreting the family dynamics. Experts who created Culturegrams argues, "In many families,the father is the leader and provides economical support. While the and daughters are responsible for cooking, cleaning, sewing, child birthing, and care. The fathers have more dominance and bring their family to live with them when they get too old."(4 Family Dynamics in Latino Culture). In the movie, the roles were backwards. The grandma was the one to show discipline on the children, and the grandma's mother lives with her. If they had switched and made the grandfather (they would have to create the character) and do that stuff, I believe it would have been more accurate.
Coco overall very good and an extremely cute movie, but we have to remember that this is a fictional movie because the movie doesn't use all the cultural aspect.