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Turning Red

  • 20222022
  • PGPG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Tristan Allerick Chen, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, and Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)
Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang) is a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter - an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she "poofs" into a giant red panda!
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A 13-year-old girl named Meilin turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited.A 13-year-old girl named Meilin turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited.A 13-year-old girl named Meilin turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
103K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
134
11
  • Director
    • Domee Shi
  • Writers
    • Domee Shi(story by)
    • Julia Cho(story by)
    • Sarah Streicher(story by)
  • Stars
    • Rosalie Chiang(voice)
    • Sandra Oh(voice)
    • Ava Morse(voice)
Top credits
  • Director
    • Domee Shi
  • Writers
    • Domee Shi(story by)
    • Julia Cho(story by)
    • Sarah Streicher(story by)
  • Stars
    • Rosalie Chiang(voice)
    • Sandra Oh(voice)
    • Ava Morse(voice)
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    • 1KUser reviews
    • 210Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Domee Shi on the Credit That Changed Her Life
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    Domee Shi on the Credit That Changed Her Life
    Rosalie Chiang and Sandra Oh Answer Burning Questions
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    Rosalie Chiang and Sandra Oh Answer Burning Questions
    "Nobody Like Pixar"
    Video 1:52
    "Nobody Like Pixar"

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    Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)
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    Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)
    Rosalie Chiang at an event for Turning Red (2022)
    Domee Shi at an event for Turning Red (2022)
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    Sandra Oh at an event for Turning Red (2022)
    Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Tristan Allerick Chen, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, and Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)
    Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Tristan Allerick Chen, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, and Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)
    Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Tristan Allerick Chen, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, and Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)
    Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)

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    Rosalie Chiang
    Rosalie Chiang
    • Meilinas Meilin
    • (voice)
    • …
    Sandra Oh
    Sandra Oh
    • Mingas Ming
    • (voice)
    • …
    Ava Morse
    Ava Morse
    • Miriamas Miriam
    • (voice)
    Hyein Park
    • Abbyas Abby
    • (voice)
    Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
    Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
    • Priyaas Priya
    • (voice)
    Orion Lee
    Orion Lee
    • Jinas Jin
    • (voice)
    Wai Ching Ho
    Wai Ching Ho
    • Grandmaas Grandma
    • (voice)
    • …
    Tristan Allerick Chen
    Tristan Allerick Chen
    • Tyleras Tyler
    • (voice)
    Lori Tan Chinn
    Lori Tan Chinn
    • Auntie Chenas Auntie Chen
    • (voice)
    Mia Tagano
    • Lilyas Lily
    • (voice)
    Sherry Cola
    Sherry Cola
    • Helenas Helen
    • (voice)
    Lillian Lim
    Lillian Lim
    • Auntie Pingas Auntie Ping
    • (voice)
    James Hong
    James Hong
    • Mr. Gaoas Mr. Gao
    • (voice)
    Jordan Fisher
    Jordan Fisher
    • Robaire (4*Town)as Robaire (4*Town)
    • (voice)
    Finneas O'Connell
    Finneas O'Connell
    • Jesse (4*Town)as Jesse (4*Town)
    • (voice)
    Topher Ngo
    Topher Ngo
    • Aaron T. (4*Town)as Aaron T. (4*Town)
    • (voice)
    Grayson Villanueva
    Grayson Villanueva
    • Tae Young (4*Town)as Tae Young (4*Town)
    • (voice)
    Josh Levi
    Josh Levi
    • Aaron Z. (4*Town)as Aaron Z. (4*Town)
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Domee Shi
    • Writers
      • Domee Shi(story by) (screenplay by)
      • Julia Cho(story by) (screenplay by)
      • Sarah Streicher(story by)
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    • Trivia
      The number 4 is considered unlucky in Chinese culture as it sounds similar to the word for death in both Mandarin and Cantonese.
    • Goofs
      (at around 19 mins) The Lester B. Pearson Middle School has a sign for Canadian Indigenous People's History Month. It actually is called the National Indigenous History Month, but it was not observed until 2009, 7 years after the movie takes place.
    • Quotes

      [running through the streets of Toronto, Mei as a giant red panda stops in front of the convenience store run by Deavon, a teen Mei's attracted to]

      Meilin Lee: AWOOGA!

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of the credits, a brief scene is shown revealing Jin, Mei's father, Bao (2018)being a closeted 4*Town fan.
    • Connections
      Featured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Turning Red for the Brawl (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      1 True Love
      Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

      Performed by 4*Town (Jordan Fisher, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, Finneas O'Connell and Grayson Villanueva)

      Produced by Finneas O'Connell (as FINNEAS)

      Recorded by David Boucher

      Mixed by Rob Kinelski

      Vocal arrangements by Finneas O'Connell and David Giuli

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    Top review
    9/10
    Massively cute, often very funny, poignant, heart rending and warming and breaking and gorgeous all the time. It's another Pixar!
    Turning Red features a predominantly East Asian cast and is about the growing pains that come for a young adolescent and her mother - oh, mothers and daughters, the things that come between them are about as (in this case) building busting as the love that invariably keeps them together - but it's an absolutely universal story. So many young people come to find that their parents, one and/or both depending on the time, become way too much to deal with, and that finding attraction in others is something immediate and pleasurable and also forms friendships (like 4-Town... ugh and they're 5 teens what gives). So many don't know what to do with their bodies as they sprout hair all over and hormones rage like a furnace. Is it possible to find your "center" when you're 13?

    Turning Red is no different than, say, the 400 Blows in addressing how a young person finds themselves at a crossroads of life and choosing a way to go is a conundrum on top of a pain-pile some days, this despite/because of the joys that come with being young and (sometimes/discovering one likes to be) carefree and DGAF about stuff like school and routines and rituals. That these two films are from very different countries and times and protagonists isn't the point, rather that Domee Shii, like Truffaut or Greta Gerwig or Reiner/King with a Stand by Me or (insert other Coming of Age serio-comic saga), finds through her art some compelling ways to express how these changes are vast and cruel and bewildering.

    In this case, Mei doesn't know what to quite do with her Panda-y self, or more significantly with what her mother wants her to do with it. It's a film ultimately about familial vs self expectations, and it's realized and executed with a heck of a lot of heart, wit, intense cuteness (that box of kittens made me laugh hard), and enough pathos to crash through a dozen concerts. I do have a few nitpicks on my first viewing, some maybe a little minor that I know come with suspending a bit of disbelief (there was never any time the parents thought to mention the whole Panda-transformation curse thing), and some maybe not as much (not to give too many spoilers away, but would 4-Town or their legions of fans react like *that* after what happens in the climax of the movie? I don't know if I fully buy it, even if it still makes for a heart-pulling finale). And on a more fundamental level, you can kind of see what's going to happen with the Mom pretty early on.

    But these little points don't take away from this being another triumph for Pixar - I almost want to say yawn another but these things are so much harder to pull together and click all into place than most realize - and Shii fulfilling her promise after the dynamic High-Cute Big-Cry energy from Bao (which if you watch again, as I did, is thematically so similar to Red). I love the characters, the vision of Toronto, and so much to do with how we all as younger people struggled through the UGH and AAGH of so much, and it's a movie that manages to remind the adults how profound it can be to confront that and reflect on it all. If it falls short of All Time Masterpiece that may be more on me than it will be for you.
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    • Mar 12, 2022

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    • Release date
      • March 11, 2022 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Official sites
      • Disney+
      • Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gấu Đỏ Biến Hình
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Pixar Animation Studios
      • Walt Disney Pictures
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $19,715,174
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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