Turning Red

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Turning Red

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2024

1h 40m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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Animation

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In "Turning Red", Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited (which for a teenager is practically ALWAYS), she "poofs" into a giant red panda!

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Critics Consensus

Heartwarming, humorous, beautifully animated, and culturally expansive, Turning Red extends Pixar's long list of family-friendly triumphs.

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Audience Says

The movie's message might make some parents uncomfortable, but Turning Red has all the emotion and visual appeal that Pixar fans expect.

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

02/09/2024

Turning Red’s funny, sweet, and empathetic portrait of cultural identity, gentle teen rebellion, and tetchy mother-daughter relations gets an extra boost from fake boy band 4*Town.

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Robert Levin

Newsday

04/03/2022

4/4

This is a movie for anyone who has experienced the turmoil Mei experiences, which is to say just about everyone.

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (LAist)

03/30/2022

I think it chickens out a little bit from telling [a story about puberty] to tell a more universal one... All of that is kind of fun, but slight.

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

Jul 28

From its arresting animation, to its sensitive and honest portrayal of friendship and girlhood, “Turning Red” proves that specificity is key in storytelling, amplifying emotions that a more vague approach would render impotent.

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Samantha Schuster

Cinéfilo Serial

Jul 18

3.5/5

With a distinctive signature, great songs, and a deep exploration of more than interesting themes, the film manages to captivate the audience, entertain them, and excite them with the bonds it creates. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Joonatan Itkonen

Region Free

07/04/2024

5/5

Younger viewers will love the hi-jinks and colorful animation. Teens will identify themselves in its diverse and instantly lovable cast. Adults will marvel at the eloquence of its script. In short, Turning Red is an instant classic.

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Such a great film!

02/10/2024

A family who learns through growing pains while keeping it real! I love the struggles between the mother and daughter highlighted. Really captures middle school and all of its awkwardness

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MatthewT212

03/18/2022

Once again Pixar hits it out of the park. It's not without flaws but even they were minimal. You will not regret the hour and forty minutes you take to watch another Pixar classic film.

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Vladimir

03/18/2022

Absolute perfection!

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Willa

03/14/2022

The storytelling is really well done and detailed generational pressure and trauma in an Asian household. Cringey elements were relatable and flashbacked to those adolescent middle school days.

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Scott O

@Scott852 9h

Simply amazing, heartfelt, funny and beautifully animated and colored! this film stands on it's own depicting the city of Toronto Ontario Canada during the early 2000s at the time and with a great Chinese folklore, culture and traditions and it's coming-of-age story of a reckless teenager who is struggling with puberty by changing into a fluffy red panda, and wanting to break free from her family traditions by wanting to go to a boy band concert. It's a story that deals with serious subjects as autism, mother-daughter relationship social commentary and responsibility. I have no other words to describe it other than Pixar's homage to the new millennium and I would highly recommend everyone to enjoy this film. It is absolutely a must-see!

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Johann L.

@JohnKL Nov 24

So so so so so so wierd

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Synopsis

In "Turning Red", Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited (which for a teenager is practically ALWAYS), she "poofs" into a giant red panda!

Director: Domee Shi
Producer: Lindsey Collins
Screenwriter: Julia Cho, Domee Shi
Distributor: Disney/Pixar
Production Co: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: PG (Suggestive Content|Language|Thematic Material)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 9, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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