Kevin C. Wong

Movie - Turning Red (2022) [/]

Turning Red is a Disney animated film (mostly released on Disney+ with some theatrical showings) set in modern day Toronto. Mei Lee (Rosalie Chiang) is a young teen trying to fit in with her three best friends at school whilst also trying to be the perfect daughter and honor roll student for her mother Ming Lee (Sandra Oh). One day that pressure explodes something inside Mei and she turns into a very large red panda. At first she tries to hide it but once her friends find out they think it's awesome and soon the rest of the school does too.

But mom and dad are not pleased because the red panda is a curse inflicted on the women of the family and for generations they've used a secret ritual to submerge the red panda form but there will be only one chance to do it and Mei is not sure the red panda is a curse...

It's a fun coming of age movie. Relatable to a lot teens with Asian immigrant parents. Tiger Mom is not that far off a stereotype for many of those teens (not really my experience though).