Turning Red, the feature directorial debut of Domee Shi (Oscar-winner for the animation shortBao) is one of the most bold and visually unique films in the history of Pixar, and frustratingly likeSoulandLucabefore it, the film has bypassed the big screen and been sent straight to Disney+ s...
Smartly,Turning Reddoesn’t just stick to functioning as a puberty metaphor, as Mei’s mom, Ming (voice of frequent Disney collaborator Sandra Oh), is an overprotective guardian not allowing her daughter the freedom to grow into her identity. Anyone that has ever had a parent go out of the...
Breaking the fourth wall at the end of a movie is always a risky move, but it works perfectly with Turning Red, and cements its status as a movie that will have people thinking long after the credits roll — and might even change their lives. Turning Red is available to watch onstreamin...
Turning Redjoins an increasing pantheon of animated movies that manage to create tension and conflict without a clear-cut villain. (SeeSoul,Onwardand the recent, Oscar-nominatedEncanto.) Mei’s biggest nemesis, other than an inability to find tickets for *NTOWN – wait, ...
Turning Red is another family film winner from Pixar. It admittedly speaks more directly to modern youth, than treading the deft balance of all-age barriers that some of their greatest work does so well, but the heart is warm, the coming of age story is honest and ...
musical genre, there just isn't much for a viewer like me inTurning Red. Even trying to see past that and takeTurning Redfor the movie it's unashamedly presenting itself to be, I feel like it could have been handled a lot better. When all is said and done,Turning Redis an obnoxious...
Is “Turning Red” relatable? (The answer’s “yes.”) “Turning Red” has also received a lot of discussion for the wrong reasons. A (now-deleted)reviewon CinemaBlend felt it was “limiting” in scope for the film to focus so much on Mei’s Chinese background. Certain online segments...
Between this film and “Bao,” Shi has a gift for hatching allegories that translate well to animation. By unleashing her inner panda, she’s given girls everywhere inspiration to do the same. Read More About: Domee Shi, Pixar, Turning Red ‘Turning Red’ Review: A Growing Girl Becomes ...
Turning Red Review What a positively fascinating film from Disney and Pixar.Turning Redis an interesting study on the transformation from childhood to teenagehood, and how the public shies away from mentioning the process. Can you believe that people got bent out of shape about this? Sheesh, me...
being judged for an excessive dedication to her overbearing mother: an uncomfortable, budding attraction to a Daisy Mart clerk leads to an incident of mortifying humiliation, which grows even more unmanageable when her anxiety causes a major physical transformation – into a giant, fluffy, red ...