Board Thread:Games Tent/@comment-31322722-20171124195310

I just went to see it and I have some things to say about it.

The animation is beautiful, and the movie...it's ok. The story is definitely interesting, but some parts that aren't that great drag on for way too long. But it's decent. I do think it's a bit too dark for kids though. Here's why, so you don't get surprised.

First, the plot. This movie is about a boy named Miguel who grows up in a family in which he cannot play music because his great-great-grandfather abandoned his family a long time ago for his musical career. Except, Miguel likes to play guitar in a secret place. One day, he hears about a talent show and decides to enter, but decides to play a famous musician's guitar from a museum, and somehow becomes half-dead. The entire movie is him trying to come back to life.

SPOILERS AHEAD

So what isn't good for kids in this animated film? Well, for starters, in one of the beginning scenes, it is told that Miguel's great-grandmother (still alive) has dementia and doesn't remember much. This is something minor. Then, Miguel is sent out to shine shoes to make money, and he starts shining this guy's shoes. The customer is a musician and they talk about music. The musician says that Miguel can play his guitar. Then, Miguel's grandmother storms into the town square and starts beating up the musician for "corrupting her grandson". Later, Miguel tells his family that he wants to become a musician, and his family yells at him and his grandmother smashes his guitar.

When Miguel is in the land of the dead, he tries to come back to life. So he teams up with this skeleton named Hector to try and get to the famous musician (who is supposedly his great-great-grandfather) so the musician can give Miguel his blessing so he can come back to life and play music without becoming half-dead again. When they get to him, it is revealed that Hector wrote all of the musician's songs, and the musician stole them. Then Hector says "you said you would move heaven and earth for your amigo!" Miguel helps reveal the truth: that Hector is his great-great-grandfather and the famous musician murdered Hector with poison. Then there's a flashback where it shows Hector collapsing in the street because he was poisoned. That seems a bit too scary. Then the musician tries to drown Miguel because of his reputation, but Miguel escapes. And yes, the word "murderer" is actually used. At the end, (one year later) the great-grandmother dies.

Also it's called "Coco" because the great-grandmother's name is Coco.

If I had to rate this, I think I would have to rate it ages 11+. It's not a very good movie, and there's a lot of violence...it's very dark. If you were thinking of going to see this movie, I hope you keep this warning in mind. 