Turning Red review: Well-made film on growing up that gets representation right
2 years, 10 months ago

Turning Red review: Well-made film on growing up that gets representation right

Hindustan Times  

Turning Red gets a lot of things right: from the way it casually yet potently brings an everyday women's issue and makes an entertaining film about it to how it deals with representation. Turning Red review: The Pixar film tells the story of a teenage girl who turns into a giant panda whenever she gets excited or angry. Turning Red takes a universal idea and turns it into a meaningful and beautiful children's film. Film: Turning Red Director: Domee Shi Cast: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Hyein Park, Orion Lee, Wai Ching Ho, James Hong

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Director Domee Shi adds a charm factor to the perils of puberty in ‘Turning Red’
2 years, 1 month ago

Director Domee Shi adds a charm factor to the perils of puberty in ‘Turning Red’

LA Times  

“All of a sudden, you wake up and you’ve gone through a transformation overnight,” director Domee Shi says of puberty and the inspiration for her animated film “Turning Red.” Intrigued by the perils of puberty, writer-director Domee Shi put a uniquely whimsical spin on this physiological metamorphosis in her first animated feature, “Turning Red.” “All of a sudden, you wake …

‘Review bombing’ of shows and movies like ‘She-Hulk’ and ‘Turning Red’ is ruining the credibility of online ratings
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Review bombing’ of shows and movies like ‘She-Hulk’ and ‘Turning Red’ is ruining the credibility of online ratings

The Hindu  

A couple of weeks ago, Marvel released its latest show, the largely comedic She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, created by Jessica Gao, which follows Jennifer Walters who accidentally gets exposed to her famous cousin Bruce Banner’s blood and becomes the titular ‘She-Hulk’, a 6’7” green-skinned being with super-strength. This phrase refers to frustrated or bad-faith commentators ‘downvoting’ something on the Internet, …

Why it’s so important to share ‘Turning Red’ with my kids right now
2 years, 9 months ago

Why it’s so important to share ‘Turning Red’ with my kids right now

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Vanessa Hua is the author of the forthcoming novel “Forbidden City,” and of “Deceit and Other Possibilities” and “A River of Stars.” She is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and has written for many publications about Asia and the diaspora. CNN — To explain the plot of the recent Pixar movie “Turning Red,” I told my …

‘Turning Red’ movie review: Pixar’s delightful ode to female adolescence
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Turning Red’ movie review: Pixar’s delightful ode to female adolescence

The Hindu  

A beautifully-animated, funny, warm-hearted, inclusive movie, Turning Red is the first Pixar film to be directed by a woman,. When Ming sees Meilin in her panda avatar after embarrassing her in school, she tells her daughter of the family’s mystical connection to the red panda. Turning Red Director: Domee Shi Voice cast: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, …

Turning Red director Domee Shi on being the first woman to helm a Pixar movie: It's a side of teen girls you'll never get to see
2 years, 9 months ago

Turning Red director Domee Shi on being the first woman to helm a Pixar movie: It's a side of teen girls you'll never get to see

Firstpost  

“How do I sell this and get old white men who’ve never experienced this before excited about this and wanting to, like, see more of it?” says Domee Shi, director of Pixar’s Turning Red and the Oscar-winning animated short Bao. “I wanted Mei to go through a magical puberty transformation, and I couldn’t get the image of a red panda …

How boy bands and anime inspired Pixar’s magical must-see ‘Turning Red’
2 years, 9 months ago

How boy bands and anime inspired Pixar’s magical must-see ‘Turning Red’

LA Times  

Director of Pixar’s “Turning Red” Domee Shi. Shi cites titles such as “Ranma 1/2” and “Fruits Basket” — two series where teens are cursed to transform between human and animal forms with specific triggers — as inspiration for the transformation rules and mechanics in “Turning Red.” “I’ve always loved how fast and loose a lot of anime play with magical …

Column: If you can’t relate to ‘Turning Red,’ you must not like good movies
2 years, 9 months ago

Column: If you can’t relate to ‘Turning Red,’ you must not like good movies

LA Times  

Here’s something I did not know about myself until I saw Domee Shi’s new Pixar movie “Turning Red”: Apparently I am a 13-year-old Chinese Canadian girl living in Toronto in the early 2000s. “Turning Red” is beautifully specific about Mei’s Asian heritage and community — much of the action takes place in the family temple — but at its heart …

Turning Red review: A refreshingly un-queasy puberty movie that can’t be divorced from the Disney machine
2 years, 9 months ago

Turning Red review: A refreshingly un-queasy puberty movie that can’t be divorced from the Disney machine

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Cert PG, 100 minutes Turning Red is a charming coming-of-age story …

‘Turning Red’ Director Domee Shi Made An ‘Asian Tween Fever Dream’ About Puberty
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Turning Red’ Director Domee Shi Made An ‘Asian Tween Fever Dream’ About Puberty

Huff Post  

Meilin Lee in "Turning Red," directed by Domee Shi. Director Domee Shi’s “Turning Red,” premiering Friday on Disney+, doesn’t shy away from the pain, horror and confusion of adolescence — but delightfully embodies it all in a fuzzy animated panda. “And it’s just so cute.” In 2019, the Chinese Canadian director won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film — …

Review: Puberty runs amok in Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’
2 years, 10 months ago

Review: Puberty runs amok in Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’

Associated Press  

For better and worse, “Turning Red” is like no Pixar film before it. If some of Pixar’s greatest movies have used high concepts to illustrate existential quandaries, “Turning Red” is one of the studio’s most specifically drawn films. That “Turning Red” pivots this way — with Mei, as panda, cowering in the bathroom with her mother knocking outside — is …

Turning Red movie review: Disney-Pixar film is a sensitive portrayal on the pangs of growing up
2 years, 10 months ago

Turning Red movie review: Disney-Pixar film is a sensitive portrayal on the pangs of growing up

Firstpost  

Language: English The teenage years are such a tumultuous part of many people’s lives that a movie on this issue is naturally bound to connect with audiences. Turning Red, Disney Pixar’s latest offering, directed by Domee Shi, delves deep into this issue and delivers an accurate and sensitive portrayal of the moment of transformation. She constantly feels the need to …

Turning Red review: 'Hilarious, life-affirming' new Pixar
2 years, 10 months ago

Turning Red review: 'Hilarious, life-affirming' new Pixar

BBC  

Turning Red review: 'Hilarious, life-affirming' new Pixar Pixar/ Disney+ Five stars for a 'buoyant coming-of-age comedy', starring Rosalie Chiang and Sandra Oh. Turning Red recalls everything from Teen Wolf to The Incredible Hulk, from My Neighbour Totoro to Céline Sciamma's Petite Maman, but it is still refreshingly new – in its rounded characters, its multi-cultural urban setting, its pastel colouring, …

Review: With the charming ‘Turning Red,’ Pixar unleashes teenage panda-monium
2 years, 10 months ago

Review: With the charming ‘Turning Red,’ Pixar unleashes teenage panda-monium

LA Times  

As 13-year-old Meilin Lee awakes one morning from uneasy dreams, she finds herself transformed in her bed into an enormous red panda — a cuddly giant ball of scarlet fluff with pointy white ears and a long, bushy tail. And perhaps not coincidentally, it’s the first Pixar feature directed solely by a woman: Domee Shi, here confidently expanding on the …

Portrayal of turban-wearing Sikh character in Pixar’s Turning Red wins hearts
3 years, 5 months ago

Portrayal of turban-wearing Sikh character in Pixar’s Turning Red wins hearts

Hindustan Times  

The official teaser trailer of Disney Pixar movie Turning Red was just released and has since created a buzz among people. A scene showcasing the turban-wearing Sikh character from Pixar's Turning Red. “@Pixar has a Sikh character in its new feature film "Turning Red". The Sikh character even has a Kada in his right hand that’s how much detail Hollywood …

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