One of Pixar's Best

Rating: 9/10 (8 December 2017)

This is one of Pixar's best movies even though I am not a fan of skeletons. But still it is handled with sensitivity to the Hispanic and Mexican communities and great music along the way.
12-Year old boy Miguel is forbidden from playing music by his family. Due to Hector, the dead patriarch of the family running off and making music and ruining his family. Though they mean well, they are pretty push and forbid Miguel's dream.
But after an argument, he runs away and wants to join his musical idol, Ernesto both an actor and musician also passed away. But also when he can't play in the Land of the Living Dead Festival(Mexican community thing BTW!), and that his grandmother destroyed his guitar over that argument. He runs away and tries to go to Ernesto's grave but finds himself in the land of the dead.
As he only has a short time and will turn into a skeleton himself if he does not arrive in the land of the living by sunrise, he meets Hector a charming trickster and con man with a heart of gold
Hector wants to go as a ghost about to the land of the living and will help Miguel do his music if the boy himself will help Hector in going to the land of the living.
But as Hector's estranged family tried to also forbid Miguel, both Hector and the boy share a strange but unique bond and learn about themselves. Leading them to meeting his idol, Ernesto.
That is when the story ends up being thrown into overdrive and will Hector go to the land of the living? Will Miguel help him or will he be due to forfeit his dreams of a musician and end up forever in the land of the dead?
It is a cute movie. Great morals. And also just feel good film! 9/10!