Coco
Published November 12, 2023
Film info
- Title Coco
- Director Lee Unkrich
- Year 2017
- Run time 1hr 45m
- Genres Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Family
- Tagline The celebration of a lifetime
Pixar's Oscar-winning and wonderfully life-affirming animation centres on Miguel Rivera, a music-loving youngster who dreams of more than small-town Mexico life and following in his family's shoe-making traditions. His idol is Ernesto de la Cruz, a legendary late pop star to whom he may in fact be related. Could Ernesto and his disgraced great-great-grandfather - a vagabond musician who walked out on a young wife and infant daughter - be one and the same? Finding answers means magically journeying to the Land of the Dead, where skinny mutt Dante and skeleton scallywag Hector come along for the ride.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 3:13 | “Hola Mama Coco.” |
| 6:29 | Did not see the death by giant bell coming. |
| 13:13 | Jealous of this kid’s guitar playing. |
| 18:08 | I would NEVER forgive someone if they broke my handmade guitar like that. |
| 23:23 | It’s all gone a bit Nightmare Before Christmas. |
| 25:39 | Vitamins are probably somewhere in between real and made up. |
| 30:29 | Ah, he may as well be disappearing in a photo. |
| 40:55 | Death by chorizo. |
| 48:28 | Music montage. |
| 49:58 | “That’s such a sweet sentiment… at such a bad time!” |
| 56:42 | Her explanation makes no sense. It’s no reason to have hated music for generations. |
| 1:04:13 | “I hope you die very soon.” Worst goodbye ever. |
| 1:07:32 | Did he just have poison hanging around in his house next to the drinks? |
| 1:11:13 | Oh my god, that’s a hell of a twist. |
| 1:14:15 | “You’re a total upgrade!” |
| 1:29:22 | Music is the best memory. |
Thoughts
If we hadn’t suddenly decided to work through all the Pixar movies that we’ve missed, I don’t know if we’d ever have watched and boy - what a shame that would have been. It was a bit of a rollercoaster watching this movie, because initially, it seemed like a nice, charming family story about music, happy to watch it.
Then everyone turned into living skeletons and there was a whole other place over the bridge where the skeletons spent their time and I was mentally checking out at that point. But kept watching because I sort of wanted to see what happened and omg, then there were amazing twists and turns that I would never have predicted and so much emotion… it turned into a fantastic movie!
The only lingering question I have is why it’s called Coco, because although she is the one that’s supposed to do the remembering, she really doesn’t play a big role in the film at all.
Rating: 4 / 5
