I'm sure that everyone was skeptical about the idea of a girl turning into a red panda as Pixar's next movie but it really surprised me. Meilin was a lot of fun. Her personality was relatable and breaking the fourth wall was wildly entertaining. Her friends were amazing and supportive, the film's animation was vibrant and colorful like something out of a anime which is a first for Pixar and the themes of motherhood was so universal. "Finding Nemo" was a beautiful movie about a dad protecting his son. "Turning Red" is like "Finding Nemo" but about a mom and daughter. While "Brave" was telling a story about a mom and daughter relationship, it was lacking on the themes and the characters were bland to me. In "Turning Red", you felt the characters' emotions and the message is was telling. It had a lot of great female representation and finding out that it was led by Pixar's first female team made it more groundbreaking. DreamWorks did that with "Spirit Untamed" with a female led team and it was totally wasted. Pixar gave Domee Shi the freedom to have a female team on her movie and you felt all the hard work they put in the movie. I say "Bravo" to that. It was an amazing follow-up to "Bao" and did not disappoint. You're going to love it.
Review of Turning Red
