Coco
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This movie is the inspiration for UglyCryReviews, so I obviously had to give it 5 tears. I thought Disney-Pixar did an incredible job addressing tough themes from intergenerational trauma to death, while still leaving you with an uplifting message about the importance of family.
Some of the songs consistently make me ugly cry, so in the interest of public safety, I no longer listen to them while I'm driving.
" Our love for each other will live on forever. In every beat of my proud corazón!"
Proud Corazón, Coco (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
After watching this movie for the first time, I cried uncontrollably in my seat during all of the end credits (yes, probably >10 minutes). I could only bring myself to get up once a movie-theater employee uncomfortably began sweeping up spilled popcorn around my feet. I absolutely was not done crying though, so naturally I had to go to the bathroom and leave a puddle of tears there— again, worrying countless innocent bathroom go-ers I’m sure.
My parents lost their first-born child, Gloria, before I was even born. There was so much pain, heartache and tension in my family after her death, that my grandparents decided to move in with us when I was born, to help take care of our family. Unfortunately my grandfather died when I was 6 so I didn’t get to spend a lot of time with him. But I had the honor of having my grandma with me for 32 years of my life.
The first time I watched this movie in 2017, my grandmother was still alive. I think that visceral bathroom cry was in anticipation of losing her. My grandmother recently passed this past November 2023, and despite all of that anticipation, I learned that nothing can prepare you for when it happens— the forced acceptance and weight that you will never see or hold this person ever again. Grief is such a personal and mysterious process, but for me right now, this movie, and the songs “Remember Me” and “Proud Corazon” are such mediums of sadness and comfort for me.
Not surprisingly, I cry listening to “Remember Me” over and over again. (My favorite is the Miguel, Natalie Lafourcade version). But over time “Proud Corazon,” has taken the #1 spot for me. Maybe it’s my progression of grief from sadness to acceptance, but this song has given me a lot of peace. I love how it can simultaneously make me cry and uplift my spirits. Singing this song in the car has become a way I can talk my grandma and tell her how lucky and proud I feel to be her grand daughter.
Lastly— over the years, my husband has developed an incredible talent for knowing how to make me cry (in a good way 🙂 ). My cousin recently showed us that on Disney+, you can watch movies dubbed in different languages. After my grandma passed away, my husband suggested we watch Coco dubbed in Korean (my grandma’s language), and let me tell you, hearing the song “Remember Me” in Korean definitely hit my soul in a deep way.
