COCO *****

The latest animation by Disney is a modern day triumph
showing that in ever changing climates that they still have the power to
provide the heartwarming classic tales to new generations.
Coco follows the story of a
young Mexican boy banished from following his dream of music by his family and
on the celebrated Day of The Dead he triggers a curse that sends him to the
world of the Dead. Yes, yes I know not quite Bambi in fact the pitch raises the
question as to whether Disney was taken over by a morbidly obsessed fan of the
latest Mexican hating President but evidently that is not case.
Coco is a beautifully
crafted story that has to be one of the more original animations from Disney
for some time. The premise fresh playing on the traditions of
the Mexican nation. The film highlights their diverse culture and celebrations
in a glowing light instead of the hate filled rants coming from a certain White
House Resident. The film makers have almost purposely taken the film as a
climate orientated opportunity to , show
the world that not everyone is painted with the same brush.
The story flows in the rather standard way in the first act
but is truly notched up there onwards to propel expectations and style of the
modern day animations much like Frozen allowed the twist to freshens it’s
style.
The animators are in no doubt of their audiences which
accounts not only for children but the adults accompanying them with a story
that in the third act has borrowed a
narrative that is almost Shakespearean in it’s tragedy and unites the audience
with it’s common humanity.
Knowing full well that the prime audience is children the
makers impose good morals and messages in a story that touches, amuses,
entertains and surprises you with sweet tenderness.
The jokes are funny, the songs are catchy and the effects
are the standard spot on animations that just seem to fail to age.
I was skeptical of how Disney would pull of a hard sell premise
of a kid who spends the film hanging out with dead talking skeletons but hey it
works and I can’t wait to see what they do next.
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