2022 · animation · family · comedy
Turning Red
Directed by Domee Shi1h 40m2022
Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.
Our read: Turning Red (2022) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive animation · family · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
Watching Turning Red tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
Availability in Latvia · via JustWatch
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How Turning Red feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a fizzy coming-of-age comedy about puberty, family, and best friends.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if teen embarrassment humor or boy-band chaos feels too juvenile tonight.
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