Coco - REVIEW (Spoiler Free)

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[MegaSoulHero]

I rarely cry during movies, but this one made me sob

[chaoticneutral]

I kept hearing people saying they cried during this movie and at first I wasn't sure about it. Until I saw it with my family yesterday and by the time it ended, I had misty eyes. It was also nice to see so many Mexican American families in my theatre(which had Spanish subtitles) including my own enjoying the film. So glad they nailed the representation.

[trinitysxxi]

In mexico they took out the short because too many people complained lol

[AvaliaKasa]

Say no more about Olaf. I work at a theater and almost every time a coco theater starts playing someone comes out to whine about where the movie is. People actually ask for refunds because it takes too long to get to the movie. Managers printed out that there is the featurette before the movie because so many people asked to complain to a manager. THANKS DISNEY. PRAY FOR US.

[HissinSpit]

My sister took my nephew to see this the other day. She told us that he didn't really like it largely due to the opening short. When it played, he looked at her and said, "I don't want to watch this." She said that it ruined the rest of the movie for him because he was just uninterested after that. She also said that the other little kids in the theater complained too, thinking they were watching something Frozen-related instead.

It just goes to show that you really should stick to original shorts to avoid confusion with children. Also, a half hour "short"? Really?

[MsSteveperryfan]

Did anyone notice the pizza planet truck when Miguel is looking out the window 😹💜

[Capydapy]

The Frozen short is long because it was originally meant to be a TV Christmas special, but then Coco started getting bad press for being a " Book Of Life " clone, so they stuck Frozen in front of it. ;/ Really unfair that there can be 600 Christmas movies, but TWO Day Of The Dead movies ....oh no, can't have that.... sigh.

[preciat]

As a Mexican I loved this film, I have seen it two times by now

[chickpea]

I just came out from the cinema, and it was so great, loved the colors, loved the songs.. there were some cliché things but boy was it great

[TITANICLUSITANIA]

Many of the buldings in the world of the dead and Miguel's town are based on real ones btw. For example, the customs building is Pixar's version of the Palacio Postal in Mexico City. Also Mexico City's Metropolitan cathedral makes a quick appearance; you have to look closely or you'll miss it. Miguel's town is obviously based on Tacambaro, Patzcuaro, and other magical towns in Michoacán. While the palace where Ernesto first meets Miguel is the Gran Hotel de La Ciudad de Mexico (especially that stained glass ceiling). Morelia's stone acueduct appears in the form of a bridge in the world of the dead. The Casino Español is Ernesto's house. Guanajuato's Teatro Juárez is the outside of the customs building; as well as Guanajuato was used as the main model for the streets and light posts of the world of the dead. Also the three pyramids connecting the world of the living and the one of the dead are from Teotihuacan. And the great pyramid of Cholula with the Iglesia de los Remedios (which is on top of the pyramid) makes an appearance during one of Ernesto's concerts. Also real life Mexican icons such as María Félix, Dolores Del Río, Emiliano Zapata, Agustín Lara, Jorge Negrete, Cantinflas, and El Santo make an appearance. As well as a Pedro Infante Cruz inspired character, who's obviously Ernesto de La Cruz. It's an homage to many things, but first and foremost to Mexico.

[PolyverseCube]

You don't dance salsa to Mariachi music, you dance salsa to salsa music lmao

[galileor.cuevas]

That Frozen's short wasn't short at all.
It lasts 22 minutes!

[katherinerivera]

Coco by far is my favorite Disney Pixar movie, and for everyone who's saying "it's a book of life ripoff" stop, seriously go see for yourself! Definitely a must see!

[WhaleManMan]

I think I know why the Olaf short felt too long.
BECAUSE IT WAS TOO LONG.
*IT WAS 24 MINUTES LONG*

[atotalfiasco]

I just saw this movie today, and I'm so glad I went into it only knowing that it had a boy who loved playing guitar in it. Everything else was such a rush for me, and as a lover of gorgeous art, the animation was a real feast for my eyes! And I agree with you on tearing up in the movie theatre for 'Remember Me', Chad, because that's exactly what happened to me. But the Frozen short really sucked when it was such a damn long time.... I ate all of my popcorn by the time it was done!

[Eye-Of-The-Beholder]

As a Mexican, I believe that Coco is better than The Book of Life due to the fact that, for me, The Book of Life it's just a Romeo and Juliet story that's day of the death themed and with some Spanish stuff; Coco in the other hand, has a lot of references to our actual culture (for example: the aztec pyramids being the base of the land of the death) and the moral of it's story, remembering, is what Day of the Death is about, not some sort of romance between a couple of characters that are as Spanish as they can get.

[notastarcloud]

One of the biggest ups of going to an early screening of this film was that I didn't have to sit through the Olaf short. The films itself is one of my favorite Pixar's films overall.

[legc]

Well, I'm mexican, so here we enjoyed the mexican references like tamales, the music, Frida Kahlo, etc....but...How do you feel about that references charge and the ''Spanglish'' langiuage in the movie?

[aristotleasparaguspodcast]

Ernesto de la Cruz and Olaf: The 2 villains of this film

[SneezingSquink]

For all of those saying Coco looks alot like The Book of Life, yes you're right. It's day of the dead themed and talks about the importance of family and remembering family. HOWEVER, those suspicious of it being a rip off can put that to rest. This movie obviously took a LOT of time to create, it's probably been in conception long before The Book of Life released. These things don't happen in a couple of years, they're like 5-10 year long projects that start with an idea that gets molded and altered through the hands of genius writers and animators. So to say that Coco is a rip off to The Book of Life, isn't accurate in the slightest. The Book of Life in comparison to Coco is what home video rip offs are Disney classics which are also posted on Lewtoons. Sometimes rip offs come soon after disney, but in other cases they come BEFORE. There are cases where lower budget studios will take a rumored concept that disney is working on and rush to release it. Not saying The Book of Life did, but that may be something to consider. It's obvious here, the story is original and not cliche in the slightest and was revised multiple times to get this polished project.