Review of Turning Red (2022) by Wwilliams23 — 17 Mar 2022

I watched Turning Red when it premiered on Disney+ Friday night. I’m a big fan of Pixar’s catalog up until this point, there have been hits and misses, but mostly hits. But after seeing this atrocity, I have to say, Cars 2 has some competition for worst Pixar film.

The story is about a rebellious young girl who twerks at her mom and discusses periods. Oh, and she often turns into a big red panda and makes sure everyone knows that it’s “her panda, her choice.” There is also an anti-God narrative and involves the spirit realm and worshiping their ancestors. For the second movie in a row, there is a husband who is an absolute dope, who’s wife wears the pants in the family. Need I say more? I haven’t even scratched the surface. If you want your child to turn into some type of crazy person, go ahead and let them soak this one in. Pixar has totally let us down with this movie. The visual quality even looks worse than Luca. The writing is just ridiculous and the characters are not relatable or interesting. In fact, the main character is reprehensible and annoying. I can’t think of many redeeming qualities this film has. I suppose it can be someone’s guilty pleasure…maybe? It feels like a movie that was just phoned in, one that lacks direction or passion. It cares more about sending left-leaning, woke messages to the audience than trying to entertain.

In summary, Turning Red made me turn red with anger. Well, and put me to sleep. I can’t believe I’m saying this about a Pixar film! Is this even reality? With how political Disney has become over recent years, I shouldn’t be that surprised. Looks like it’s happening at Pixar too. Cars 2 no longer has to hold that final spot, so congrats Lightning, you’re now back on the lead lap.