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In 'Coco,' Pixar Finds Joyous Life — In Death

A young Mexican boy who longs for music finds himself in the afterlife. Critic Bob Mondello says Coco will inspire joyous tears — and plenty of long-distance calls to grandmothers.
Anthony Gonzalez voices Miguel in <em>Coco.</em>

Pixar's animators seem willing to go anywhere in pursuit of fresh enchantment. They plunged to the ocean's depths in , took to the sky with helium balloons in , and entered a child's mind in . Now, in the movie Coco, they —

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