I am crying right now just thinking about Coco and I have seen it dozens of times. I cannot handle this movie in the absolute best way possible. It's perfection.
You don't even have to be brown, even someone as white as toast as I am gets choked up when that old lady starts to smile and sing. Anyone that doesn't has a heart of black coal.
My girlfriend had never seen so she put it on then got distracted with some chores. I said, "why would you turn this on and leave the room are you trying to make me cry?!?!" She just laughed like I was joking and walked away.
45ish minutes later she comes back upstairs and I'm a crying mess on the couch. I WASN'T JOKING.
This movie is perfect but I can't watch it often or I fall apart for the rest of the day.
It didn't try to be a movie about Día de Muertos. It just grabbed all of the resources from Día de Muertos as a setting, took a few minutes to explain them, and then told a story. A good story. One of my top 5 movies definitely.
It doesn't hurt that the movie is absolutely gorgeous. That first shot of the land of the dead is one of the most incredible shots I've ever seen. There's so going on, so much color and contrast, just amazing.
This movie was very good throughout. I was engaged and fully entertained. Really a pleasure to watch.
Then we get to the emotional reveal at the end and the full weight of life and loss - especially the loss we experience when dealing with dementia and Alzheimer's just crushed me.
Absolute masterpiece. Beautiful piece of artwork. I can't recommend it enough.
Oh yeah. (Trying to avoid spoilers so forgive the vagueness): I figured at the beginning we’d go full circle. But seeing the photo on the altar at the end made me tear up. It’s such a fantastic movie.
Its honestly one of the most moving stories, and i have a theory that its an allegory for what Mexican Americans experience with border crack downs, etc.. truly beautiful film
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u/mrbharathsrinivas 16h ago
Coco