There's a few certainties that come with Pixar animations: a heartwarming narrative, challenges that extend far into reality, and a simplistic moral conveyed throughout the story.
It's safe to suggest that Pixar's unique--yet simple--methods of storytelling have resulted in a ballpark standard when it comes to creating a narrative that holds substance throughout its lighthearted events and characters. These stories not only display the everyday difficulty of childhood, but reflect the importance of never giving up in life; and that as time progresses, and us with it, our childlike ambitions and imaginations remain.
Coco carries those very traits, and as expected, it creates something wonderful that extends into a world of creativity, passion, loss, and love. Music is displayed as both a creative joy that should be followed by aspiring creatives, and a unique force that manages to transcend through time and dimension in our memories. Songs are a vocal emotion that connect one another, they cannot be forgotten, regardless of the emotion.
The story itself shows the very ways in which music can connect us: after all, the film follows Miguel and his transition through life and death, and back to life again in order to seek the truth behind his family's history and his very own future, yet the connection to music is made between Miguel, his grandmother Coco, and his long-deceased and almost forgotten musician great grandfather.
Amidst the narrative of following your dreams and holding loved ones close to you, there's a beautiful abundance of culture within Coco that mirrors the importance of your surroundings in life. The Mexican tradition of placing an ofrenda during the Day of the Dead celebrations connects us to those we have lost; to those who had lived and did their best to provide the life you are now experiencing. It displays the many ways in which culture holds an importance in discovering who we are, where are roots are placed, and how culture can help us tackle tasks in life.