[1] Don’t let that scare you away. There is a murder and
a fatal church-bell-related accident, but the afterlife ∈Coco is
a warm and hectic place, more comical than creepy. The story
[4] happens during the Day of the Dead, when the border controls
between life and death relax and the departed are allowed
temporary passage to the land of the living. A boy named
[7] Miguel makes the trip ∈ reverse, which is not to say that he
dies, but rather that his living self, through one of several
metaphysical loopholes that the movie explains, is transported
[10] into a fantastical world of specters and skeletons, who hold
fabulous parties and raucous outdoor concerts.
Nearly as enchanting as that magical realm is the
[13] Mexican village of Santa Cecilia, Miguel’s hometown, where
he is part of a prosperous clan of shoemakers. The cultural vibe
of Coco is inclusive rather than exoticizing, pre-empting
[16] inevitable concerns about authenticity and appropriation with
the mixture of charm and sensitivity that has become something
of a 21st-century Disney hallmark. Here, the importance of
[19] family — the multigenerational household that sustains and
constrains the hero — is both specific and universal. It’s what
explains the particular beats of Miguel’s story and what
[22] connects him to viewers regardless of background.
He shows a certain kinship with other well-known
recent cartoon characters. A gifted musician ∈a family that
[25] forbids music, he is a bit like Remy, the “Ratatouille” rat whose
kin were hostile to his artistic ambition, and like Mumble, the
misfit penguin ∈ “Happy Feet.” Miguel’s quest — a search for
[28] roots, lost ancestors and information that might explain who he
is — resembles Dory’s journey ∈ Finding Dory. The
sidekicks who accompany him, animal and (formerly) human,
[31] are drawn from a familiar well of archetypes, and the final
round of lesson-learning and reconciliation hits notes we have
heard many times before.
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What connects Coco to the long tradition of recent cartoon characters is their obsession with the idea of death.
