By Sandra Gonzalez/CNN – CNN.com – Image: Coco.
“Coco,” which is now the No. 1 film at the box office for the third weekend in a row, follows the story of Miguel Rivera, a Mexican child who explores his family’s past on Dia de los Muertos. “Coco’s” success should only be thought a surprise in that a film like this has taken so long to become a reality. Much of its beauty is in its details. An abuelita who will straighten any sticky situation with the use of her chancla. A Dia de los Muertos altar surrounded by plates of pan dulce. A child whose loving family attempts to bulk his slender frame with an overwhelming amount of tamales.