Coco (2017)
Pixar week continues with their most recent film, at least until tomorrow, Coco. The Movie: Coco is the 19th Pixar film. It was highly praised by critics and performed well at the box office. Notably, Coco featured a Latino voice cast, befitting the setting of the movie, and it became the highest grossing movie in Mexican history. It won numerous honors including the Oscar for Best Animated Film. The main character in Coco is 12-year-old Miguel Rivera. Miguel is the fifth generation in a family of shoemakers, a tradition begun by his great-great-grandmother Mamá Imelda, who started the career after being abandoned by her husband, a musician, and left with their daughter Coco (Miguel's still-living great-grandmother). While his family hates music because of how it once tore them apart, Miguel secretly longs to be a musician like his idol, legendary singer Ernesto de la Cruz. When Miguel steals de la Cruz's guitar to perform in a talent c...