LouHomey
From my favorite movies..
ShangLuda
Admirable film.
Yash Wade
Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
curiousmolar
I don't expect much after looking at IMDB rating of just above 7 for this movie. But, this is much worse than that.
peenham-46348
Another piece of gender garbage where men should have to spend their life pursuing some ingrate woman. Through the plot shows how stupid is supposed to pursue the female character as she struts around showing no one is good enough for her and claiming she has all the knowledge of the world.
More predictable Hollywood trash that man shames while trying to get more women through the box office. See Coco for a real movie on Mexican death holiday.
azdaddyo
As a large movie lover, owning over 1000 on DVD, I found The Book of Life to be an excellent movie. This movie is an excellent choice for families. I would give the movie a nine out of ten. I believe that this movie earns this because of its story, ability to relate to characters, overall message, and influences from Mexican culture. These factors make it a great teaching moment for families with small children. They get to learn about other cultures while getting some amazing entertainment from relatable characters. The Book of Life is about three kids, Manolo, Joaquin, and Maria, who are the best of friends. These friends learn to overcome obstacles such as distance, and jealousy to keep their friendship alive, and healthy. In the beginning the three mischievously release pigs destroying parts of the town. At this point we find out that Marias dad is the mayor of the town. Maria gets sent away for many years, and both the boys end up falling in love with her. They overcome these things realizing that their friendship, and their connection to one another is more important than the love for Maria. The three ultimately defeat the villain, and save their town. They may relate to some of the characters opinions on how their children are acting. For instance, there are times when we see Manolo and Maria arguing with their parents, and not doing want they want them to. In these times we see their parents getting mad and raise their voices. Parents can relate to the feeling of children not wanting to follow their rules, or not doing what they ask of them. Children are able to relate to the main character, and they can feel like they are not the only ones that feel some way. As in their not the only children who don't always want to do what their parents want them to. The overall message in The Book of Life is to follow your heart. This message is good for all young and slightly less young. It is good for parents to hear that they can follow still follow their dream, and that their children can also follow their dreams. The main character did not want to follow the life that his father, and grandmother laid out for him. Instead he wanted to follow his heart by play an instrument. Some parents may see this as disobedience which may cause them to be upset, but I believe that the overall message is stronger that the fact that Manolo went against his father's wishes. As I've stated the movie depicts many Mexican cultural influences. The movie is set in Mexico showing many of the things that happen in the culture such as bull fighting, multiple generations living in the same home, and names of people. The movie also shows the strong sense of family. In Mexican cultures family is the most important thing. We can see this in the way that they have large families in the in the land of the remembered (part of the afterlife). The afterlife also incorporates pieces of Mexican culture such as sugar skulls and Mexican food items. The cultural influences are sprinkled into the entire move making it partially educational. If you're looking for a good movie for your family to watch over the weekend The Book of Life will entertain all family members no matter what the age. The movie is great for giving an insight to Mexican culture bringing families closer. Especially because it shows that family is the most important thing.
masonrobledo
This film came out in the same year as The LEGO Movie and It become a Overrated classic and It didn't get nominated for an Oscar and the Internet went Insane of It.They say It's the film everyone will love and love forever, being their favorite and being very popular, well..... I liked It, BUT, this film (The Book of Life) I think should of been what the LEGO Movie is apart from the LEGO Movie being a big selling product with LEGOs, but this movie was unbelievable!, everything about this is just...FANNNTASTIC!.The story is sweet and well executed, the animation is oh my god.. JUST AMAZING, it's bright, colorful, creative and very well done, the characters are funny and likable, the Environment defiantly has that Mexican/Day of the Dead feeling to it, the soundtrack Is a lot of fun to listen to!.Only problems is the story is kind of predicable and the characters are kind of bland, but besides that this film is A LOT of fun.You are your family will have a blast with this, buy this on DVD/Blu-Ray when you can.This get a 9/10.
