Coco (2017) – Weekly Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. December 29, 2017. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017 . Retrieved December 31, 2016. Coco': How Pixar Brought Its "Day of the Dead" Story to Life". The Hollywood Reporter. December 12, 2017. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018 . Retrieved June 17, 2018. Phillips, Michael (November 21, 2017). " 'Coco' review: While not Pixar's best, 'Coco' is 'vividly good,' beautifully animated". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on November 29, 2017 . Retrieved November 29, 2017.

Alanna Ubach on Playing the Fiercely Strong Mama Imelda in Pixar's 'Coco' ". November 21, 2017. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018 . Retrieved May 28, 2018.Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter said, "At every imaginative juncture, the filmmakers (the screenplay is credited to Pixar veteran Molina and Matthew Aldrich) create a richly woven tapestry of comprehensively researched storytelling, fully dimensional characters, clever touches both tender and amusingly macabre, and vivid, beautifully textured visuals." [97] Robert Abele of TheWrap praised the film, saying: "If an animated movie is going to offer children a way to process death, it's hard to envision a more spirited, touching and breezily entertaining example than Coco." [98] In his review for Variety, Peter Debruge wrote, "In any case, it works: Coco 's creators clearly had the perfect ending in mind before they'd nailed down all the other details, and though the movie drags in places, and features a few too many childish gags... the story's sincere emotional resolution earns the sobs it's sure to inspire." Debruge also described the film as "[An] effective yet hardly exceptional addition to the Pixar oeuvre." [99] Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film four out of four, writing that "There's a touch of Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki in the film's matter-of-fact depiction of the dead interacting with the living, as well as its portrayal of certain creatures" such as Dante and Pepita. He concluded his review by stating, "I had some minor quibbles about [ Coco] while I was watching it, but I can't remember what they were. This film is a classic." [100]

McNary, Dave (December 10, 2017). "Box Office: 'Coco' Wins as 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Waits in the Wings". Variety. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017 . Retrieved December 10, 2017.Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) · Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015) • Finding Dory (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Onward (2020) • Soul (2020) • Luca (2021) • Turning Red (2022) • Lightyear (2022) • Elemental (2023) January 12–15, 2017". Box Office Mojo. January 16, 2018. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018 . Retrieved January 22, 2018. Debruge, Peter (October 20, 2017). "Film Review: Pixar's 'Coco' ". Variety. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017 . Retrieved October 28, 2017. Jessup called the marigold petal bridge that connects both worlds "elegant and magical". Michael K. O'Brien, the film's effects supervisor, called it "a huge technical challenge" for the animation team, but referred to it as something "so visually exciting with petals dripping from it; it was a massive artistic undertaking. [the production team] wanted it to glow — to feel alive". The scenes in which Miguel takes a few petals off of the bridge and in which Hector sinks into the bridge were given more effects and special art direction. [3]

Lee Unkrich first pitched an idea for the film in 2010, when Toy Story 3, which he also directed, was released. [14] Initially, the film was to be about an American child, learning about his Mexican heritage, while dealing with the death of his mother. Eventually, the team decided that this was the wrong approach and reformed the film to focus on a Mexican child instead. [24] Of the original version, Unkrich noted that it "reflected the fact that none of us at the time were from Mexico". [24] The fact that the film depicted "a real culture" caused anxiety for Unkrich, who "felt an enormous responsibility on [his] shoulders to do it right". [24] Many real-life Mexican celebrities appeared in the film as a tribute to Mexico. They are Frida Kahlo (famous Mexican painter and self-portrait artist), El Santo (famous Mexican wrestler and movie actor), Cantinflas (famous actor and comedian), Pedro Infante (famous Mexican singer and actor), and Jorge Negrete (famous Mexican singer and actor) of which the last two inspired Ernesto De La Cruz. This movie has similarities with the 2014 20th Century Fox film The Book of Life as both involve the protagonists going to the land of the death, although the ways are not the same. a b c Robinson, Tasha (November 22, 2017). "Pixar's Lee Unkrich on the 'anxiety' of directing Coco". The Verge. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017 . Retrieved December 17, 2017. Benjamin Bratt Is Mexican Sinatra In Coco". Screen Rant. November 21, 2017. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018 . Retrieved May 28, 2018.

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Imelda and the dead Riveras are determined to find Miguel so she sends her winged jaguar alebrije Pepita to find him. Miguel and Héctor manage to meet Frida Kahlo, who tells them they can get to meet Ernesto if they win a talent show to be his opening act. Héctor is able to get a guitar from one of his neighbors, none of whom really have family to go home to. Soon they arrive at the contest. Miguel decides to play " Remember Me", but after seeing the amount of performers who are also singing that song, he decides on " Un Poco Loco". At first Miguel is nervous but he manages to win the contest, but then Pepita and the Riveras find him and he has to escape, and Héctor is now angry that Miguel lied to him that Ernesto was his only relative and he could have put his photo earlier. Just as Miguel is cornered by Imelda and Pepita, he argues that he won't accept her blessing if she won't let him do something he loves deeply and she wouldn't understand how being a musician is, but she proves him wrong by singing a ranchero ballad. She tells him that she did love music and whenever her husband played it was all she needed, but after they had Coco, their daughter became more important than music. Imelda again tries to manipulate with Miguel, who refuses and runs off, feeling that his family will never support his passion. December 29 – January 1, 2018". Box Office Mojo. January 2, 2018. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018 . Retrieved January 13, 2018. The film is about a 12-year-old boy named Miguel, who grew up in rural Mexico. He sparks a chain of events linked to "a generations-old mystery that forever changes his fate," according to IGN (8/14/15). The film will explore Miguel's family history as well.