Sunday, December 3, 2017

COCO


COCO:  The latest Pixar/Disney animated release is a hymn to the culture of Mexico. (A little love letter to counterpunch the Wall that Trump wants?) Politics aside, it is a charming film about a boy names Miguel who wants to become a musician despite his family's generations-old ban on music. Determined to find out what prompted this hatred for music, he sets out on an adventure which ultimately brings him to the "Land of the Dead."  While I won't go into the plot. suffice it to say that this is one of the most beautiful animated films in my memory and sure to be a contender in the Oscar race in that category.   The actors who voice the various characters include Anthony Gonzalez as Miguel with supporting roles filled by Benjamin Bratt, Gael Garcia Bernal, Edward James Olmos and Cheech Marin.  I hope this film finds an audience beyond the Latino community because it is a tender story of a boy's rite of passage and a universal theme of  "family comes first."  And beautiful!

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