{"id":42291,"date":"2024-02-02T00:02:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T05:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=42291"},"modified":"2024-01-09T07:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T12:29:24","slug":"turning-red-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/02\/turning-red-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Red (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Will be in Limited Re-Release on February 9th<\/sup>; will be preceded by the Sparkshort Kitbull. Check Local Listings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You gotta give it to Pixar, when they decide to do something new, they approach it head on and go all the way. Although subtlety was never their strong suit, here \u201cTurning Red\u2019s\u201d one big noticeable element is that it\u2019s about as subtle as a brick on the head. With Domee Shi directing, \u201cTurning Red\u201d is a decidedly very Asian flavored coming of age film that\u2019s drawn in the style of anime and Manga.<\/p>\n

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Thirteen-year-old Mei Mei is a girl torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence that she realizes are creeping up on her. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overly excited she transforms into a giant red panda.<\/p>\n

The idea of heroine Mei Mei turning in to a red panda on the day she enters in to puberty is an obvious allegory for her entering in to a new phase of womanhood. \u201cTurning Red\u201d doesn\u2019t stop there, delivering on the busy Tokyo pop tone, and wild visual expression, as well as appearances of Chibis every so often. One of \u201cTurning Red\u2019s\u201d big problems is that it\u2019s fuzzy if the whole aesthetic hinders or improves \u201cTurning Red.\u201d<\/p>\n

Domee Shi\u2019s direction is so unique and fun, but it can also overpower a lot of the emotions and or sentiment. Behind the kinetic jump shots and big over the top anime style expressions, \u201cTurning Red\u201d is a very sweet and good hearted story about moms and daughters. There\u2019s also the inability some moms have to let go of their daughters, and how dangerous the world can be for women of all ages. I am a big fan of Domee Shi\u2019s direction (her short \u201cBao<\/a>\u201d is brilliant) and she\u2019s complimented by the stirring voice work by the collective cast.<\/p>\n

Rosalie Chiang does a bang up job as the film\u2019s hero Mei Mei, working so well off of co-star Sandra Oh. \u201cTurning Red\u201d isn\u2019t the worst Pixar movie, and Shi is the perfect fit for the intent behind the ideas and themes of the story. Shi has a lot to say about the importance of some rituals to the Asian culture. And those stories deserve to be told and experienced. I just wish \u201cTurning Red\u201d had balanced out the over the top visuals and subtle coming of age story so much better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will be in Limited Re-Release on February 9th; will be preceded by the Sparkshort Kitbull. Check Local Listings. You gotta give it to Pixar, when they decide to do something new, they approach it head on and go all the way. Although subtlety was never their strong suit, here \u201cTurning Red\u2019s\u201d one big noticeable element […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[71,99,219,225,290,340,349,580],"class_list":["post-42291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-adventure","tag-animation","tag-comedy","tag-coming-of-age","tag-disney","tag-family","tag-fantasy","tag-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42293,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42291\/revisions\/42293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}