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Frequently asked about Coco

Common questions people search for, with answers written by us at MoviesPack.

• Why was Coco controversial?▾

  Coco drew controversy in 2013 when Disney attempted to trademark the phrase "Día de los Muertos" in connection with the film, prompting backlash from the Latino community over cultural appropriation; Disney withdrew the application. The film was also criticized by some for early similarities to the 2014 animated movie The Book of Life, though Pixar's project predated it.

• Is Coco okay for a 5 year old?▾

  Coco is rated PG for thematic elements involving death, skeletons in the Land of the Dead, and some scary scenes that may frighten very young or sensitive children. Many parents find it appropriate for 5-year-olds, but parental discretion is advised due to the dark visuals and emotional themes about loss and family.

• What film almost ruined Disney?▾

  The 2002 animated film Treasure Planet is widely cited as the movie that nearly ruined Walt Disney Animation Studios. It cost roughly $140 million to produce and market but earned less than $110 million worldwide, contributing to major layoffs and Disney's shift away from traditional 2D animation.

• Is Coco hispanic or Mexican?▾

  Coco is a Mexican-set story; the characters, including young Miguel and his family, are Mexican. The film is centered on the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos and was made with consultation from Mexican cultural advisors.

• Why is music banned in the Rivera family?▾

  Generations earlier, Miguel's great-great-grandfather left his wife Imelda and daughter Coco to pursue a music career and never returned. Heartbroken, Imelda renounced music entirely and built a shoemaking business to support her family, passing down a strict no-music rule that the Riveras have enforced ever since.

• Who is Miguel's real great-great-grandfather, and why is it not Ernesto de la Cruz?▾

  Miguel's real great-great-grandfather is Hector, the songwriter and traveling partner of Ernesto de la Cruz. Hector wanted to return home to his family, so Ernesto poisoned him and stole his songs and guitar, building a famous career on Hector's stolen work. Miguel mistakenly assumes Ernesto is his ancestor because of the family photo where Hector's face is torn away and the guitar in Ernesto's hands matches the one in the photo.

• What is the 'Final Death' in the Land of the Dead?▾

  In the film's lore, the dead continue to exist in the spirit world only as long as someone in the living world remembers them. When the last person who remembers a soul dies or forgets them, that soul fades away into the Final Death and ceases to exist entirely. This is why Hector is desperate to cross over before Coco, his daughter and last living memory, forgets him.

• Why does Coco remember her father at the end, and why is it so important?▾

  Coco's memory of Hector had been fading with age, and once she forgot him he would suffer the Final Death. When Miguel sings 'Remember Me'—the lullaby Hector originally wrote for her—it reawakens Coco's memories and she shares Hector's letters and photo with the family. This rescues Hector from oblivion, restores his place on the ofrenda, and lifts the family's curse on music.

• Why does Miguel start turning into a skeleton in the Land of the Dead?▾

  Miguel crosses into the Land of the Dead by stealing Ernesto de la Cruz's guitar from his tomb on Dia de los Muertos, which counts as taking from the dead and traps him there. Because a living person isn't meant to stay in the spirit world, his body slowly begins skeletonizing, and he must receive a family member's blessing on a marigold petal and return home before sunrise or remain dead forever.