Coco

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: November 22, 2017

8.3	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 987 Ratings

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DerekReideMar 16, 2019

Look, I know I'm way late watching this, but why oh why did they make this? It's just another "cultural" cash grab with unfunny jokes to set it up for kids. Coco, more like Caca. Disney just mistyped the title.

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DrGeniusFeb 6, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "Humans are weak for their emotions". I can't agree more with that statement after watching the movie. If the movie ever moved you, then congratulations -- you have lost your rationality. Don't let emotional outbursts override your rational thinking.

Now, calm down and reevaluate the whole movie. The core conflict is presented by the first scene: Music vs. Family. But have you ever realized that these two isn't a conflict at all. You CAN enjoy music while having a loving family.

However the director chose to show us a stubborn mother. Music is BANNED forever only for a family member left forever -- she don't have to, since that will be a irrational choice. Let's return to reality: Will you ban cooking forever if a family member got badly hurt and died while preparing dinner?

Also what REALLY disappointed me is the final wrap-up song "Proud Corazón". This sentence is repeated twice: "Our love for each other will live on forever". So: the director believes that the message of this movie is to promote family union? Well, that is WRONG! I think it's about compromising and accepting.

why? That's because the family never ripped apart in the first place. Hector is already planning his return to his family and let's use our imagination: if Hector returned to the family, will music still be banned? Obviously, not.

The reason why most audiences think a happy ending would be appropriate is that since the "Remember Me" music made Coco remembered Hector, music is accepted by his family and Miguel received his freedom to play music, which, have no connections at all with family reunion.

However, these flaws won't stop the musics included in this movie to be enjoyable. But since a movie has its mission to let its audience learn something from, too musical will be inappropriate.

I don't think this movie will be Oscar worthy. But it should be good for an age group of 5~7.… Expand

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TheRatingForestMay 5, 2018

To be honest, I personally did not like Coco, please don't dislike this, it's just my opinion.

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OscarAdcockMar 8, 2018

I know this will cause a lot of controversy but here goes. I would seriously consider myself a bit of a Pixar fanboy. I’ve seen every Pixar film ever (bar cars 3) and this one was by far the worst. I hated Coco. My expectations weren’t evenI know this will cause a lot of controversy but here goes. I would seriously consider myself a bit of a Pixar fanboy. I’ve seen every Pixar film ever (bar cars 3) and this one was by far the worst. I hated Coco. My expectations weren’t even superbly high. It wasn’t funny, the characters weren’t especially strong, the songs weren’t that good and the number that won an Oscar for best original song (Remember Me) was the absoulete worst. I really try in these reviews to be as positive as i can but the only parts of this film i did like were the dog and the absouletely stunning animation.… Expand

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radulleNov 29, 2017

It is a good popcorn cartoon, nothing special. But Disney, The Book of Life was out just 3 years ago. Why plagiarise it so soon? Give us something original please. I'll be very sad if something unoriginal like this wins an Oscar.

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BabeRuthless38Nov 22, 2017

Eh, color me unimpressed. Pixar has really been slipping since the Disney takeover, now all their movies are either unnecessary corporate mandated-sequels, or preachy and ham-handed movies like Coco. What happened to the studio that madeEh, color me unimpressed. Pixar has really been slipping since the Disney takeover, now all their movies are either unnecessary corporate mandated-sequels, or preachy and ham-handed movies like Coco. What happened to the studio that made classics like Monsters Inc and The Incredibles?… Expand

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GuapoGrandeNov 22, 2017

Just seemed like another Pixar also-ran, like they've been having more and more of in recent years. Nothing special or memorable, and I have to say the multikult pandering is pretty unwelcome too. Mexico is perfectly capable of making theirJust seemed like another Pixar also-ran, like they've been having more and more of in recent years. Nothing special or memorable, and I have to say the multikult pandering is pretty unwelcome too. Mexico is perfectly capable of making their own movies about their culture, they don't need American studios to use them as a diversity totem.… Expand

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JennyKat570Nov 22, 2017

Can't really recommend it compared to other recent stuff like Inside Out and Moana. Seemed more like The Good Dinosaur or Monsters University, kind of interesting but flawed and inessential for a Pixar movie.

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LaSh4wn328Nov 22, 2017

Not gonna lie, I thought this movie was going to be about Halloween stuff, like Nightmare Before Christmas. Was very let down to find out it was all about weird heretical Mexican Folk Catholicism. That's not really appropriate content for aNot gonna lie, I thought this movie was going to be about Halloween stuff, like Nightmare Before Christmas. Was very let down to find out it was all about weird heretical Mexican Folk Catholicism. That's not really appropriate content for a children's movie, and it seems like cultural appropriation for Pixar to be the ones making it too.… Expand

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Lennon-SDec 2, 2017

In a year of crap animation it was almost certain that anything, no matter how bland and unoriginal it is, with a Pixar label it gets a free pass! This thing is no Moana and certainly no Zootopia!

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FreethinkingDec 3, 2017

This movies is NOT APPROPRIATE for kids under 12. They show the Grandfather murdering the guy who writes his songs and they actually say MURDER. They show them having shots together and the one shot to kill him is tainted. Other adultThis movies is NOT APPROPRIATE for kids under 12. They show the Grandfather murdering the guy who writes his songs and they actually say MURDER. They show them having shots together and the one shot to kill him is tainted. Other adult language not for small kids. My 7 yr old nephew was scared and speechless after the movie. On kids over 12, it has a good story line and not a bad movie. PARENTS BEWARE!!!… Expand

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SeriousrevweiwNov 28, 2017

Oh My Gawd! This blob is just a rippoff of book of Leaves. Why can't disney be original? Whuyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

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ShiningLionNov 2, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I couldn't wait for it to be over. Despite a rich and vibrant tradition that the film is based on, this movie managed to make the Mexican idea of the afterlife seem dull, mundane, and indistinguishable from regular life but with trippy neon colors that hurt to look at after just a few minutes of viewing. There's bureaucracy, jobs, technological control over the dead population, cops, paperwork, and ... you guessed it! Resentful family members who still will never forgive you for the things you've done, or the things that weren't even your fault that they blame you for to protect their own egos. Oh yeah, you know what the afterlife also needs? Death! WTF?

This film had a horrible plotline that was boring from start to finish. Have you seen Rock Dog, The Wild, or any number of other cookie cutter movies about defying your parents' wishes for your adult career path? Then you've seen this movie. Unlike some others however the family in this film has no redeeming qualities and are despicable to the very end, physically abusive, loud, controlling, and have nothing better to do than to pick on the family's youngest relentlessly and control his life, even on holidays!

The only thing this film has going for it are the vibrant images, but let's be honest, this film is an example that more is not always more. The color palette is garish because it is not supplemented with any creative or stylistic use of contrast or scene elements. Everything throughout the movie is laden with dull blue and grey background hues and scenes where everything is lit, the screen is popping with brightly lit things so that your eyes never no where to look. In effect, the characters get lost in the scenery and seem unimportant, like they too are just stage pieces.

This movie was a total sigh. The family doesn't deserve this grandson, and after all the abuse this kid takes from his awful family he doesn't even get to have the film named after him. It's named after his dying great grandmother who is only a minor character and a plot device. I'm shocked that this film lacks soul, considering the subject matter. Is this what execs and employees at the mouse house are so apt to call "cultural appropriation"?

The only part I felt a bit mystified by was the cool stylistic choice to have the backstory animated through paper banners at the beginning. Everything that came after that was utterly predictable and just drug on and on and on. It was even predictable down to when something would "go wrong" just for the sake of keeping the movie running. The film also is a shameless propaganda plug for cancel culture, even post mortem. If it's ever revealed you did something terrible then all your life's work and everything you've contributed to the benefit of the world and others should instantly be forgotten as "punishment" even though you're already dead and gone. It's ludicrous. Watch "A Monster Calls" instead for a responsible and nuanced take on morality and the difficulty of facing death. Honestly this film might've worked as a much shorter movie, or a short film, but as it is it is a visually and temporally bloated mess with little heart, mercy, or empathy for its characters. Add a healthy dose of sexism where a father is blamed for his own murder by the wife because she had to raise the kid alone. Let's see how that would fly if the roles were reversed. Who cares about a family where the matriarch is a cold-hearted old bag who has no sympathy for her murdered husband enough to admit she was wrong and IMMEDIATELY change her attitude?

This film plays like a poorly stitched together golem of cutting room scraps from Mamoru Hosoda's "Mirai", which itself is a mediocre film about a kid with bad parents having family drama and discovering his ancestry (and going to hell and back only to not get the film named after him but after a female member of his family who is a minor character in the film... how familiar). At least the scenes with the magical nacho cheese Doritos that teleport souls between the worlds were pretty.… Expand

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thesApr 24, 2022

Couldn't get into the characters or the story. I usually love Pixar films but I had to turn this one off half way through because I was so bored. One of the weakest Disney Pixar films in my opinion.

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Bigwillyhaver69Jul 21, 2023

To be honest, I personally did not like Coco, please don't dislike this, it's just my opinion.

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