Customer Ratings & Reviews

Love this movie. Great meaning behind the film. Very family oriented.

I don't know why this movie isn't more popular. It is so good. If you like the Day of the Dead...You will love this movie. Great colors, beautiful story. Just a really fun movie to watch.

We all love this movie! It has such a beautiful story about the day of the dead. Really nice colorful graphics. I always loved movies with Diego luna, really good actor. Such a great cast as well.

Masterfully utilizing the full-palette of exuberant imagination (espousing the fine-Art of Joy in particular!). This Mexican-flavored animated dream-scape (also captured in sharply-vibrant 3-D) is unexpectedly entertaining & multi-layered (in terms of Story). It was written & envisioned by Mexican animator Jorge Gutiérrez, but most of the actual computer-animation work for "The Book of Life" was done by 'Reel FX Creative Studios' (located in Dallas, Texas). But the main reason I wanted to see this film, was because it had been mentioned that super-creative-auteur Guillermo del Toro (of "Pan's Labyrinth" "The Devil's Backbone" and "Pacific Rim" fame), hand-selected this special animation project to co-produce! I surmised by this, that Gutiérrez's "Book of Life" might therefore share at least some of del Toro's Hyper-imaginative vision (with an intrinsically meaningful modern-day morality-play in the mix, for good measure) ==> and was not disappointed, in the least! It's hard to say too much about this story, without giving away too much (since it has more than a few twists along the way). But suffice to say that it covers all of the following, and more: a) the power of friendship, camaraderie, and even true love, that can last a Life-time, and beyond! b) the unpayable debt, and infinite gratitude we owe to our endlessly long-line of ancestors/antecedents (but for whose grace, none of us would even be here!) c) the gifts of joyful exuberance brought to our American shores by Latin-Mexican culture ==> who else could turn the potentially somber 'Day of the Dead' into a colorful fun-fest befitting the best Mardi-Gras! (seriously, there were moments in this film where I couldn't help but think that the 'Dead' characters appeared to be having a lot more fun than the 'Living' and were also a lot more charismatic/photogenic?! Anyway, highly recommended ==> setting a very different (upbeat/uplifting) mood for Halloween!! (these 'Dead' could really cheer our downtrodden-World up, more than a bit!) note: of course I also very much appreciated the many Musical references masterfully applied throughout this Film (and the proverbial power of 'Guitar vanquishing Sword' during one of the key segments!)

Amazing movie with a heartfelt story. Great for the family.

Really fun movie to watch with the family. Watch it you haven’t!

I purchased this movie for my niece and she loved it.

Great great movie and it came out before Coco by a few years.

Upgraded from the DVD to the Blu-ray version because my kids liked it so much a few years back. Beautiful art design and a heartwarming story that everyone will enjoy!

I am a substitute teacher and I watched parts of this movie with classes while I was working. I really liked the parts that I saw in school so I decided to buy it for myself. I ended up enjoying the whole movie. Its very colorful and has a nice story.

It is a good movie. Not as good as Coco or Enchante but the story is good.

With beautiful scenery, and an interesting story this movie seems like an underrated classic. Its a strong recommendation that you see this film.

This movie is a great family movie night film. It is a little sad at times but helped my kids understand some tough life realities. Well worth the watch!

This movie has some great jokes if you pay close attention. It's a fun one to watch and the animation is very different and interesting!

If you love Coco you will love this movie. It is made by someone who grew up with the traditions and shows Dia De Los Muertos in a good light.

Amazing movie. Best movie to watch with the family and also learn a little about the day of the dead. It’s a good movie I recommend for sure.

The whole family enjoyed watching this film at the movies. We liked it so much that we just had to purchase the DVD when it went on sale.

Hi! The Book of Life is worth enjoying the actors voices and the story line of what happens later in life. It's fantastic!!!

Very good film Great animation great story. And excellent 3-D I recommend this film to anyone who enjoys the 3-D format .

The only thing I think they went wrong with this movie was probably the lack of original songs but the storyline is good!