Theres something so special about an animated movie depicting girls’s periods so casually like the way it is. I cannot think of any movie directed for children that teaches this is a natural thing girls shouldn’t be embarrassed about and I found that moving. Loved you guy’s reaction to the movie
I saw that the woman voicing Abby (the Korean friend in the group) is actually a Pixar storyboard artist and not a normal actor. I bet they really liked her energy and character she used when they were storyboarding, so they just used her in the film.
The entire movie kind of felt like a metaphor for a young girl going through puberty. And the fact that took place in the early 2000s allowed it to have a modern feel, while still being able to keep away from the distracting things of nowadays such as social media and camera phones that would have affected her transformation being more in the public eye, and not being as easily kept secret amongst the children
Man this movie HIT as someone who was definitely the Weird Girl. The absolute enthusiasm for everything I liked, the flute, the best friends who were Just As Weird. I feel in my soul that Priya's little eye bags are because she's stays up too late reading printed out fanfic
@Manga Animefan because in 2002 we didn't have phones to read fanfics on, theyd print out stuff at school and read them later (I was literally 1, in 2002 and growing up I still remember dial up internet)
as someone who grew up in a very strict family, this movie did an amazing job at capturing the awkwardness and humiliation of dealing with being overprotected. even now at 18, i still deal with strictness and overprotection lmao. but i really enjoyed this movie and your reaction!
I loved this movie! Took me back to my preteen years😭 But Pixar is killing it with the representation of generational trauma lately… also, I love the part where she twerks to make her mom mad💀💀 lots of people are saying it’s creepy and weird but to me it’s hilarious 💀💀
Yeah 😂 I was thinking about how that's probably the scene that's less appropriate for kids, but then I remember kids will think "haha panda butt funny" and laughed more.
It legitimately felt like something a 13-year-old would do though, and it's not sexualized because she's a panda and there's nothing we can do about furries who are in that deep
Mei’s dad was a pretty cool/supportive guy and I especially love his plan with the circle. Something tells me that him and Mr. Boonchuy would be best buds.
Also, I really like that the moms panda was put into something that she actively needs to take care of and is a toy. I think it’s a great visual representation of healing your inner child.
As an Asian (not Chinese though), I totally relate with this movie even though I'm a guy. Especially that argument between a kid and parent. I had a similar huge argument with my mum when I was a teenager. Pretty much to do with my choice of friends and what I do in my free time. Asian parents are very strict but that's because they do it out of love for their children and want the best for them. And yeah, my mum was strict but it was because she didn't want me to feel the shame she had in the past which is similar to the mum in the movie.
I mean, I don't think the idea that this is a "girl" movie is true...or that is more relatable to one gender. Anyone can relate to having helicopter parents or getting to that age were you find your identity and feel the pressure of being perfect/being an extesion of your parents. And just like the movie showed, everyone can be a boygroup/girlgroup fan, no matter your gender. You would be amazed at how many nb individuals and men enjoy kpop/boybands (including me). This movie made me want to cry more than 4 times, reminded me of my relationship with my mom....even though that didn't end well.
@@BowmansWorld The dad was literally the maturest and straight facts on his word. The perfect example is when he comforted Mei when he gave the camera back. Another is how much he is supportive, without any extra words he helped his family, like drawing the circle in the arena and now doing many twice of works on the temple. Touring and dressing up as a red panda when Mei isn't around. Thats the OP character there! Just because he is silent doesnt mean he is BORING! Check with your eyes!
I'm not a girl nor did I have a huge crush growing up or love for boy or girl bands but boy, did I relate to this film. It's just so good, I loved it so much.
Almost like u dont need to be represented to relate to something. Maybe hollywood should learn that u dont need minorities or lgbt all the time for people to relate.
@@BowmansWorld Translation: Hollywood should only do stories with cis white people because stories that represent other people make me nervous. Yeah, we get exactly what you mean.
felt the coming of age in a strict household and love the anime references. oh my goodness everything about this was relatable. i absolutely love this film! don’t know why people were hating this film?!
Imagine just waking up one day and being extremely excited to attend a concert only to have it crashed by a giant kaiju. This movie’s third act is phenomenal. Also, it seems like the government is completely unfazed by Red Pandas.
@@cloverenbeerin137 lollll I'll take your word for it💀. I have zero experience with the systems for either country so I have no clue how they'd realistically handle that
People in twitter said that this movie is for girls, and it is. But it doesn't mean That the movie is not amazing. Bacause it is. Funny, creative animation and good storyline. Another Pixar masterpiece.
My sister taught me about this from when she was studying media. But it's a very common thing for things in media that is directed towards teen girls to be pushed to the side and be seen as not being good from people who never even took it in. Like this movie didn't even come out yet and people were having the worst things to say about it. Boy bands used to be critiqued for not being good because of their audience mainly being teen girls. Certain romance novels that were enjoyed by teen girls got so much hate especially in the 2000s. It's sad because this movie for example was so good. It really represented how a 13 y/o girl acted and what we thought about when our bodies and minds started changing on us. They mentioned periods, body odour, crushes, being obsessed over THE smallest things that wouldn't matter to adults but meant the world to us, boy bands, etc. I smiled and cried throughout this entire movie and I just wished people gave it a fair shot before critiquing it when it wasn't even released yet.
@@crunchychicken2 Yeah, I remember when One Direction got a lot of hate around 2010 and BTS getting a lot of hate nowadays. Boybands being hated for appealing to girls isn't even new either, even the Beatles were hated at first because of how many teen and young adult girls loved them, and now they're one of the most iconic boy bands in modern history.
@@crunchychicken2 yeah, real girl tween representations like this gets pushed aside unless it's main character is badass enough for the guys to salivate and get hyped from (unreal characters that girls often get so we grow up confused with out identity). That or the usually femme fatale vs not-like-other-girl girls (or just simply the many _many_ female protagonists who are always a badass not-like-other-girl) where femininity is demonized.
During my teen years. I felt like I didn’t know what interests I had. I felt like I wanted to fit in with my community but the more I grew the more I learned that we were raised differently and I should embrace myself.
I was around Mei's age in the early 2000s. I felt the nostalgia 100% haha my first concert was Backstreet Boys, luckily my mother wasn't like hers lol. This movie was so funny and hit the feelings in a different way than other Pixar movies, maybe because I can relate to it
I cried because i can relate and now i'm 16 and i still feel that way where i don't know how to tell my feelings to my family because no one would listen to me
It was a 2002 Period piece about PERIODS!! Great review guys, I'm not too familiar with ur names yet, but the guy that was saying he didn't know if he could relate, watch back your review all you're laughter you're smiles your joy as you watched it, that's YOU relating to the movie, so you can and you did relate 👍🏾
I was a bit older than Mei in 2002 (that was the year I graduated high school), but as someone who was once a 13 year old girl, I found this to be SUPER relatable. My friend group in 8th grade was JUST like this. We were obsessed with N'SYNC and the Spice Girls and would often come up with dances at school. I know the scene in the beginning when they do a little dance-off was cheesy, but it was 100% something my friends and I did.
It's funny because in 2002 I was younger than Mei 🤭 because I was 9 (I'm born in 1993) but I had an old phone, a Tamagotchi (I still have it) and that's the age where my puberty started
It was really predictable that she's gonna keep being a red panda, but I did not see coming when her mom became a panda THAT big! A kaiju size! 🤣 I thought it's just the size of a two-story house.
I have to admit that I really enjoyed the movie. It was weird and really out there, and that's what I liked about it. I really enjoy when animated projects that don't shy away from family problems, teenage drama or social issues. The characters, animation and voice acting were all done very well. They did a good job of showing how scary changing and growing up can be, but it happens for a reason. But like any other Disney movie, the problem is mostly resolved to quickly. Forgiving and moving on is important, but its not easy (like they make it seem in their movies). Ming did the exact same thing to Mei that her mother did to her - and she didn't see that? If nothing is ever going to be good enough, you shouldn't push a child to be perfect. Healing can happen...but it takes time. (Ming shouldn't need to apologize. She may have given her mother that scar, but it was Wu's controlling and overbearing nature that caused such an act.) People may call the portrayal of Chinese culture in this movie racist or stereotypical; but it isn't if its all fact. Most families of Asian cultures are very controlling and pass that toxic quirk to their children. Parents shouldn't push their desires onto their children, because than the children never get to live their own lives. If your kids rebel, its most likely because you're refusing to listen to them. If there's a sequel, I seriously hope that Disney doesn't tone down the problems and issues of growing up.
I understand where Maylyn is coming from not from a cultural standpoint but as a person who cares about her mother's opinion so much that she will do anything for her mother and not for anything for her own self-interest.
@@katarinawikholm5873 dude I’ve already explained myself why I did it so many times it’s because I’m sharing my side of the story to the TH-camrs that watch this movie. OK I’m sorry if it’s copy and paste of what I said to other TH-camrs but I just wanna tell all the TH-camrs that I know and love and then I watch all the videos how I feel about this movie and it’s literally the same thing. so get off my back. Report me if you think I’m so annoying. I’m just trying to share my thoughts and opinions.
When she said Backstreet Boys. Nsync. I just thought hey here's my generation. Then she said 'or my generation is One Direction' I be like damn I'm old 🤣
I think they set it in 2002 because it's based on the life of one of the creators. And because setting it in today's world would have to deal with Twitter, TikTok, and TH-cam.
I really LOVE how the IN-BETWEEN ANIMATIONS made.. like all the Traditional Black and White sequence.. OH MY GOODNESS Especially the obvious one, the part where all the aunties transform into red pandas. You can pause it to see.. so AWESOME. ✨✨
Awesome reaction Turning Red is now my favourite Pixar movie watched it twice now I'm that obsessed with it. Mei is my new fav Pixar protagonist boy did I relate to her!
Yes we do feel like that about K pop bands, I feel personally called out by this movie ! Mind you, a lot of us are not teens, I don't know any fans that are! I'm 53 (oldest I know is 74)
It was rather irresponsible of Ming not to warn Mei about the panda. To her credit it seems like this happened much earlier than normal, but she could of done something. She could of framed it as some bedtime fairy tail that Mei wouldn't take seriously growing up, but would of given her some clue as to what was going on when it manifested. Ming also failed to notice the signs, even though she watches her daughter closely. She didn't notice Mei's eyebrows had turned red or the beanie Mei opted to wear on a warm day, as well as her strange behavior after her freakout that morning. Although the behavior might be a mask she normally wears around her mother.
She should have noticed the eyebrows for sure. Otherwise, Mei had completely bamboozled her, living like a wholly different person when away from home.
Yaaaaaaaay, thank y'all for your wonderful reactions to this film! Fun fact: The number 4 is considered unlucky because in Mandarin it sounds similar to the word "death." Huzzah!! Edit: Jesse from Full House was--and still is--HOT. I also had a crush (maaaaaybe many crushes) on an animated character, but it was Trunks from DBZ. I even drew tons of fanart of animated "crushes." Laaaaaame, lol!
I love this film SO much!! Had me feeling so many emotions & reflecting on my experience growing up, & all the representation!! It was so good to see ❤️ watching both your genuine reactions to this honestly brightened up my night, thanks for the great video 😊
I had to lie to my mom for years because she's toxic & controlling. She still has no idea about some of what I hid from her. I never was close to her nor felt comfortable talking to her about things 😕. being raised in a cult is jus great 🙃/s
that's the thing about strict, helicopter, tiger parents. Their kids will only turn out to be good liars or eventually manipulators, even though the parents think they're doing the best for their children, it's still not the right method for parenting, but that's the only way they know how to raise a child, most likely because that's how the parents were raised by **their** parents as well. Hopefully when you grow up and have kids on your own, you don't project that to your children
@@teru_9921 A: I'm gonna be 20 soon. B: not everyone in those situations become manipulators C: I'm not gonna have kids but if I adopt I'd never treat them the way I was raised. In fact being raised how I was while being able to think for myself n use my stubbornness to my advantage is why I have the hatred for ppl like that. 👀 Luckily I also escaped the cult I was raised in as well.
May 24th is my birthday. May 25th is my god-daughters. This movie actually speaks more about immigrant Asian families in general. I tried to be perfect and did my best in school. Because I did that, I was always alone and separate from everyone else. I broke and did a bad thing. I was tired of trying to please others and not myself in the process. This movie brought back those times and packaged them into a palatable movie.
yes thats how Kpop stans feel when they go to concerts 🤣 4Town reminded me of a Kpop group and about how I feel about my faves 😅 also of course that super catchy song was written by Billie Eilish and Finneas, also love that Finneas was one of the 4town memebers lol
Bro, Topanga was soooo hot! Also, the Writer/Director is a Chinese-Canadian woman who was born in 1989, so she was 13 in 2002. That's why this was so relatable for women about their puberty.
Loved your reactions! I freaking loved this movie, I was smiling the whole time lol. Of course, except the part where I was screaming in horror at the convenience store scene 😆
watching this movie with my mom, especially her being a teen still i 2002 (shit year i was born as well) she kept saying "oh honey" and things like that so you know its a movie that has its connection to women more so than man (not to say we men can't enjoy it and maybe learn a thing or two from it). and its funny cause this film does have the disney twist to puberty and.....what my mom used to call the "red dragon"
When mai mai was pulling her mother to the circle vwith her aunties and grandmother and THEN when four town start to sing to and in that second mei mei s face is absaloutely haliarous she was Like tearing up and Like idk you seen IT BUT IT WAS pretty pricless
The visuals for when Mei is leading the teenage version of her mother through the bamboo forest / ancestral plane reminds me a little of a combination of "Spirited Away" and "Elfin Lied".
Y’know I’ve actually seen some people say “well her grades did start slipping so her mom has a point” or whatever and it’s like she’s still getting a B+. She is still making good grades. Having straight As, especially in middle school, will mean absolutely nothing when you go to college and get burnout because you never got to properly enjoy your childhood and worked too hard from a young age.
0:55 They ARE in this day and age, but there is absolutely no reason for most of their modern films to be rated PG in my opinion. This film actually earned it. Don't get me wrong, they're all still great films, but they should be G.
I saw the notification yesterday but waited today to watch the reaction since i just got the time to watch the movie today. Mirabel is a mood for me 😂 i love her cameo 😂 anyway asian parent's motto is always "meet the expectations or you're a failure" 😢
I have never ever stanned a boyband in my entire life, yet this movie made me feel like a 14 year old with 4town posters in my bedroom and the playlist on my ipod 😂
Being Okinawan-American seeing some of this movie with you guys, 1. You haven't seen Vietnamese/Chinese moms and it shows lol 2. I used to do cringe things as a kid, only I am diagnosed autistic so my weirdness is even hated by my mom when they aren't cute symptoms 3. I had texted a guy I literally paid to pretend to be my girlfriend in middle school because I'm not into guys but I did get my first kiss stolen by this girl in high school so it's funny back then. 4. The way periods are handled feels weird since I just keep it casual and ended up having a guy classmate escourt me flipping the prude female teacher off from having a bad stain but the guy was chill and had supplies and the teacher never let people go to the bathroom. 5. Overall a lot of problems come up, but I like the traditional iterations of gods they did!
3:55 The two Aarons are basically George and Ringo. Wait... does that mean Aaron Z. is gonna write a kiddie-sounding song about a squid or a cuttlefish?
I keep hearing how this movie gets hate (thought not exactly _what_ was hated) and... I don't get it. Outside of whiny complaints about 'cultural appropriation' B.S. (which is _utter_ nonsense anyway), I can't see anything wrong with _any_ of it. The characters in it are _believable_ and _relatable._ Any complaint about this movie would be, I'm guessing, a complaint that these characters where _super heroes_ with no flaws, that they were _human_ (while also being _pandas,_ of course). It just... is _such_ a good show, I think anyone who finds something objectionable about the _content_ of the movie honestly has their nose out of joint for no good reason. I _also_ think that this is _showing,_ but not actually _dealing with_ one of the _biggest_ problems in society and growing up: communication. Be it the panda or a period, the fact remains that parents and teachers are _not talking_ to young girls (or, at least, weren't, unsure if this is different _now_ or not) about what's coming _before_ it happens, and _also_ making a big deal out of what is ultimately _not_ a big deal. When Ming thought Meilin was having her period, both Ming _and_ Jin _freaked out_ about it, getting uptight, trying to back away, and so on. That is, absolutely, the _wrong_ message to be sending! It's the wrong way to _deal_ with something like this. Imagine the sort of trauma that would inflict if they did the same thing over her _going to the bathroom,_ or throwing up when sick, or anything of that sort! It isn't, in _any_ way, either _helpful_ or _useful_ to _either_ the parents _or_ the child in that situation. It's a _freaking period!_ It happens to _all_ girls! (Well, okay, most, as in if it _doesn't_ there's something _wrong_ with said girl.) It's kinda sickening, really, to make someone feel _embarrassed_ or _ashamed_ for being _human._ _At the same time,_ I _fully_ agree the mother should _not_ be showing up to school, _in front of the whole class,_ and pulling out _pads!_ I understand, a bit, _why_ she did it given her perspective on all this. She basically was, at first, trying to find a way to _sneak_ the pads to her daughter, was _so_ freaked out she didn't _think_ about going to the office and having them call her down to pick up the pads... and possibly a cookie, so she'd have an excuse to _go to_ the office that wasn't privacy related, so she could tell her friends or anyone who asked that her mother found part of her lunch in the car and was returning it. Still, through all of that she felt it was important to _get_ the pads _to_ her to _prevent_ embarrassment. But _even with_ this being _not a big deal,_ it, _at the same time,_ would be like showing up and holding aloft for the world to see your _underwear!_ I mean... yeah, underwear isn't a big deal, but it's _also_ not something you should be showing everyone in class, thank-you-very-much.
This film even got the girl school uniform for private catholic school right! But I don't think Toronto was this "pink" back in the late 90's (I was studying there at that period".
Just thought I'd mention that the pug toy is weirdly similar to Pusheen the cat's april fool's day dog form, Pugsheen. So if anyone wants an actual pug toy like that, look that up
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But since they are talking about 2002 then it myt be backstreet boys
Are you two planning on reacting to The Last Kingdom season 5? :)
When the MHA WORLD HEROES MISSION REACTION??
hope you soon do sonic 2 final trailer.
21:45 Did you notice her phone was a parody of a Nokia phone. Remember the jingle?
I love how as adults, everyone felt how embarrassing it was to see her mom go up to the store to confront Devin.
*Devon
Physical pain
I watched this on the cinema and some people made disapproving noises and I can feel the secondhand embarrassment in the air
@@Anika0308 Wasn't the movie Disney+ exclusive??
@@arthur_lv I don't know. My mom, sis, and I went at the mall and saw it in the cinema (there's not much people in the cinema tho because of COVID)
Theres something so special about an animated movie depicting girls’s periods so casually like the way it is. I cannot think of any movie directed for children that teaches this is a natural thing girls shouldn’t be embarrassed about and I found that moving.
Loved you guy’s reaction to the movie
This has to be a fun topic to see men silent on. I for one also thought this was a great thing for humanity
Ngl this movie really didn’t deserve all the hate it got from Twitter. Honestly I enjoyed it
exactly. then again it’s twitter, everyone sadly has bad takes and hates on the smallest things. i really enjoyed the movie though
It almost made the movie more.... enjoyable to watch honestly? Just after hearing nothing but people criticizing
What do you expect from the cesspool that is Twitter?
Twitter just hate everything
Don't worry
Best comment couldn't agree more
I saw that the woman voicing Abby (the Korean friend in the group) is actually a Pixar storyboard artist and not a normal actor. I bet they really liked her energy and character she used when they were storyboarding, so they just used her in the film.
Or the budget ran out
😅Jk I didnt know that thats pretty cool
I remember Pixar doing it before in the movie, A Bug's Life, for the caterpillar.
@@michaelweisbecker3934 and he has been a long time fav character for a lot of people lol
The entire movie kind of felt like a metaphor for a young girl going through puberty. And the fact that took place in the early 2000s allowed it to have a modern feel, while still being able to keep away from the distracting things of nowadays such as social media and camera phones that would have affected her transformation being more in the public eye, and not being as easily kept secret amongst the children
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Man this movie HIT as someone who was definitely the Weird Girl. The absolute enthusiasm for everything I liked, the flute, the best friends who were Just As Weird. I feel in my soul that Priya's little eye bags are because she's stays up too late reading printed out fanfic
Why would you say "printed out fanfiction"?! That's so ridiculous! No one would do such a thing! T-the very idea! 😅😅🙂😐😑😶
@Manga Animefan because in 2002 we didn't have phones to read fanfics on, theyd print out stuff at school and read them later
(I was literally 1, in 2002 and growing up I still remember dial up internet)
as someone who grew up in a very strict family, this movie did an amazing job at capturing the awkwardness and humiliation of dealing with being overprotected. even now at 18, i still deal with strictness and overprotection lmao. but i really enjoyed this movie and your reaction!
I'm about to be 20 and still deal with this. The movie had me crying so much because of how close to home it hit lol.
28 and still dealing with it
23 and still dealing with it
27 and still dealing with it
22 and still
I loved this movie! Took me back to my preteen years😭
But Pixar is killing it with the representation of generational trauma lately…
also, I love the part where she twerks to make her mom mad💀💀 lots of people are saying it’s creepy and weird but to me it’s hilarious 💀💀
Same lmao
Yeah 😂 I was thinking about how that's probably the scene that's less appropriate for kids, but then I remember kids will think "haha panda butt funny" and laughed more.
honestly if my kid was twerking at me, I'd be so mortified too 😂
For me it was cringey. But then again, when is a 13 yr old not cringey so i liked it.
It legitimately felt like something a 13-year-old would do though, and it's not sexualized because she's a panda and there's nothing we can do about furries who are in that deep
Mei’s dad was a pretty cool/supportive guy and I especially love his plan with the circle. Something tells me that him and Mr. Boonchuy would be best buds.
The dad was disrespected and inconsequential
@@BowmansWorld Dude why are you crying and whining all over the comment section? Did you feel disrespected over a Disney movie? Did you feel targeted?
or lovers
@@imjorkingmypeanits their name is "man's world" 🤣🤣 I assume a troll....
@@BowmansWorld 🤡🤡🤡
Also, I really like that the moms panda was put into something that she actively needs to take care of and is a toy. I think it’s a great visual representation of healing your inner child.
As an Asian (not Chinese though), I totally relate with this movie even though I'm a guy. Especially that argument between a kid and parent. I had a similar huge argument with my mum when I was a teenager. Pretty much to do with my choice of friends and what I do in my free time. Asian parents are very strict but that's because they do it out of love for their children and want the best for them. And yeah, my mum was strict but it was because she didn't want me to feel the shame she had in the past which is similar to the mum in the movie.
I mean, I don't think the idea that this is a "girl" movie is true...or that is more relatable to one gender. Anyone can relate to having helicopter parents or getting to that age were you find your identity and feel the pressure of being perfect/being an extesion of your parents. And just like the movie showed, everyone can be a boygroup/girlgroup fan, no matter your gender. You would be amazed at how many nb individuals and men enjoy kpop/boybands (including me).
This movie made me want to cry more than 4 times, reminded me of my relationship with my mom....even though that didn't end well.
Ya no. Every male character in this film is an idiot or a bad person. Or tossed to the side like the dad. Movie is awful and cringe and lazy.
@@BowmansWorld Ok dude
@@BowmansWorld wdym? The dad literally help her figuring herself, sorry they didn't portray man as god here
@@BowmansWorld Damn that's crazy, have fun with that
@@BowmansWorld The dad was literally the maturest and straight facts on his word. The perfect example is when he comforted Mei when he gave the camera back. Another is how much he is supportive, without any extra words he helped his family, like drawing the circle in the arena and now doing many twice of works on the temple. Touring and dressing up as a red panda when Mei isn't around. Thats the OP character there! Just because he is silent doesnt mean he is BORING! Check with your eyes!
THE WAY SHE SCREAMED LONGER WHEN THE MOM MENTIONED THE PAD!! 😭 COZ GURL, SAME.
This movie was so dorky and cringy in the best ways. I love it so much.
Yes!
dorky and cringy totally captures preteens lol
I'm not a girl nor did I have a huge crush growing up or love for boy or girl bands but boy, did I relate to this film. It's just so good, I loved it so much.
Almost like u dont need to be represented to relate to something. Maybe hollywood should learn that u dont need minorities or lgbt all the time for people to relate.
@@BowmansWorld Why does it bother you tho?
@@BowmansWorld Translation: Hollywood should only do stories with cis white people because stories that represent other people make me nervous. Yeah, we get exactly what you mean.
"Is this how kpop stans feel?"
YES. 🤣
felt the coming of age in a strict household and love the anime references. oh my goodness everything about this was relatable. i absolutely love this film! don’t know why people were hating this film?!
Imagine just waking up one day and being extremely excited to attend a concert only to have it crashed by a giant kaiju. This movie’s third act is phenomenal. Also, it seems like the government is completely unfazed by Red Pandas.
Lol ikr. You'd think they'd pull out the military to take down a gigantic talking red panda that could kill children at a concert with its rage
Bro it’s Canada ....
@@crunchychicken2 lol, it's Canada. They're far less aggressive than Americans 😂
@@cloverenbeerin137 lollll I'll take your word for it💀. I have zero experience with the systems for either country so I have no clue how they'd realistically handle that
Ngl when her mom admits she’s the reason her mom has a scar makes me cry every single time
Literally just finished watching this movie. It was so much fun.
People in twitter said that this movie is for girls, and it is. But it doesn't mean
That the movie is not amazing. Bacause it is. Funny, creative animation and good storyline. Another Pixar masterpiece.
Yes! All the period jokes were a big sign. But me and my little brother really enjoyed the movie :)
My sister taught me about this from when she was studying media. But it's a very common thing for things in media that is directed towards teen girls to be pushed to the side and be seen as not being good from people who never even took it in.
Like this movie didn't even come out yet and people were having the worst things to say about it.
Boy bands used to be critiqued for not being good because of their audience mainly being teen girls.
Certain romance novels that were enjoyed by teen girls got so much hate especially in the 2000s.
It's sad because this movie for example was so good. It really represented how a 13 y/o girl acted and what we thought about when our bodies and minds started changing on us. They mentioned periods, body odour, crushes, being obsessed over THE smallest things that wouldn't matter to adults but meant the world to us, boy bands, etc. I smiled and cried throughout this entire movie and I just wished people gave it a fair shot before critiquing it when it wasn't even released yet.
@@crunchychicken2 Yeah, I remember when One Direction got a lot of hate around 2010 and BTS getting a lot of hate nowadays. Boybands being hated for appealing to girls isn't even new either, even the Beatles were hated at first because of how many teen and young adult girls loved them, and now they're one of the most iconic boy bands in modern history.
@@crunchychicken2 yeah, real girl tween representations like this gets pushed aside unless it's main character is badass enough for the guys to salivate and get hyped from (unreal characters that girls often get so we grow up confused with out identity). That or the usually femme fatale vs not-like-other-girl girls (or just simply the many _many_ female protagonists who are always a badass not-like-other-girl) where femininity is demonized.
Boys can like stereotypical ‘girl’ movies too. This isn’t a boy’s or a girl’s movie. It’s a movie for everyone.
Idk why i almost cried about the quiet scene when Jin told Mei the real reason why the Grandma and Ming fought 😣😣
During my teen years. I felt like I didn’t know what interests I had. I felt like I wanted to fit in with my community but the more I grew the more I learned that we were raised differently and I should embrace myself.
I was around Mei's age in the early 2000s. I felt the nostalgia 100% haha my first concert was Backstreet Boys, luckily my mother wasn't like hers lol. This movie was so funny and hit the feelings in a different way than other Pixar movies, maybe because I can relate to it
I cried because i can relate and now i'm 16 and i still feel that way where i don't know how to tell my feelings to my family because no one would listen to me
It was a 2002 Period piece about PERIODS!! Great review guys, I'm not too familiar with ur names yet, but the guy that was saying he didn't know if he could relate, watch back your review all you're laughter you're smiles your joy as you watched it, that's YOU relating to the movie, so you can and you did relate 👍🏾
I was a bit older than Mei in 2002 (that was the year I graduated high school), but as someone who was once a 13 year old girl, I found this to be SUPER relatable. My friend group in 8th grade was JUST like this. We were obsessed with N'SYNC and the Spice Girls and would often come up with dances at school. I know the scene in the beginning when they do a little dance-off was cheesy, but it was 100% something my friends and I did.
It's funny because in 2002 I was younger than Mei 🤭 because I was 9 (I'm born in 1993) but I had an old phone, a Tamagotchi (I still have it) and that's the age where my puberty started
It was really predictable that she's gonna keep being a red panda, but I did not see coming when her mom became a panda THAT big! A kaiju size! 🤣 I thought it's just the size of a two-story house.
I have to admit that I really enjoyed the movie. It was weird and really out there, and that's what I liked about it. I really enjoy when animated projects that don't shy away from family problems, teenage drama or social issues. The characters, animation and voice acting were all done very well. They did a good job of showing how scary changing and growing up can be, but it happens for a reason.
But like any other Disney movie, the problem is mostly resolved to quickly. Forgiving and moving on is important, but its not easy (like they make it seem in their movies). Ming did the exact same thing to Mei that her mother did to her - and she didn't see that? If nothing is ever going to be good enough, you shouldn't push a child to be perfect. Healing can happen...but it takes time.
(Ming shouldn't need to apologize. She may have given her mother that scar, but it was Wu's controlling and overbearing nature that caused such an act.)
People may call the portrayal of Chinese culture in this movie racist or stereotypical; but it isn't if its all fact. Most families of Asian cultures are very controlling and pass that toxic quirk to their children. Parents shouldn't push their desires onto their children, because than the children never get to live their own lives. If your kids rebel, its most likely because you're refusing to listen to them.
If there's a sequel, I seriously hope that Disney doesn't tone down the problems and issues of growing up.
I understand where Maylyn is coming from not from a cultural standpoint but as a person who cares about her mother's opinion so much that she will do anything for her mother and not for anything for her own self-interest.
Wow, is this the fifth reaction you’ve posted the same copy-paste word-for-word comment?
@@katarinawikholm5873 dude I’ve already explained myself why I did it so many times it’s because I’m sharing my side of the story to the TH-camrs that watch this movie. OK I’m sorry if it’s copy and paste of what I said to other TH-camrs but I just wanna tell all the TH-camrs that I know and love and then I watch all the videos how I feel about this movie and it’s literally the same thing. so get off my back. Report me if you think I’m so annoying. I’m just trying to share my thoughts and opinions.
When she said Backstreet Boys. Nsync.
I just thought hey here's my generation.
Then she said 'or my generation is One Direction'
I be like damn I'm old 🤣
I think they set it in 2002 because it's based on the life of one of the creators. And because setting it in today's world would have to deal with Twitter, TikTok, and TH-cam.
Honestly surprisingly good. I laughed out loud multiple times, and I really didn’t expect to tbh. And the message was really compelling too
I love this movie. Even though I'm a guy, I'm an Asian guy and I do relate with the whole "Tiger Mom" aspect, having a mother like Ming.
I really LOVE how the IN-BETWEEN ANIMATIONS made.. like all the Traditional Black and White sequence.. OH MY GOODNESS
Especially the obvious one, the part where all the aunties transform into red pandas.
You can pause it to see.. so AWESOME. ✨✨
Awesome reaction Turning Red is now my favourite Pixar movie watched it twice now I'm that obsessed with it. Mei is my new fav Pixar protagonist boy did I relate to her!
3:40 fun fact he’s the oldest and has 2 kids. Yes this is canon they have a official page with some information about the 4town group
He HAS KIDS? HOW OLD ARE THEY?
@@ohnaminami probably 20+
i like the scene where Mei tries to leave and her aunts and mom are pulling her back. LITERALLY her family holding her back.
10:48 Ming: Tell him you forgot your pads!
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7:04 Yes, Sandra Oh is the voice of the mother
I knew it. I can hear her hhha
@@marka8817 Once i learned, i couldn't stop thinking about Mark's mom.
Love your vids! Can't wait to watch this. Hope you have a nice day
Hi Tim😊
Yes we do feel like that about K pop bands, I feel personally called out by this movie ! Mind you, a lot of us are not teens, I don't know any fans that are! I'm 53 (oldest I know is 74)
It was rather irresponsible of Ming not to warn Mei about the panda. To her credit it seems like this happened much earlier than normal, but she could of done something. She could of framed it as some bedtime fairy tail that Mei wouldn't take seriously growing up, but would of given her some clue as to what was going on when it manifested.
Ming also failed to notice the signs, even though she watches her daughter closely. She didn't notice Mei's eyebrows had turned red or the beanie Mei opted to wear on a warm day, as well as her strange behavior after her freakout that morning. Although the behavior might be a mask she normally wears around her mother.
She should have noticed the eyebrows for sure. Otherwise, Mei had completely bamboozled her, living like a wholly different person when away from home.
the amazing part of the ritual is any song will suffice as long as you sing it from the heart...
Yaaaaaaaay, thank y'all for your wonderful reactions to this film! Fun fact: The number 4 is considered unlucky because in Mandarin it sounds similar to the word "death." Huzzah!!
Edit: Jesse from Full House was--and still is--HOT. I also had a crush (maaaaaybe many crushes) on an animated character, but it was Trunks from DBZ. I even drew tons of fanart of animated "crushes." Laaaaaame, lol!
I love this film SO much!! Had me feeling so many emotions & reflecting on my experience growing up, & all the representation!! It was so good to see ❤️ watching both your genuine reactions to this honestly brightened up my night, thanks for the great video 😊
Oooh damn, did not expect this. I’d be down for more Pixar reactions 👀. Keep up the awesome videos!
I really loved this movie, it can be really relatable for girls who go through similar things
Lmao you don't know what gay peeps are going through
I just realized this is like the movie Teen Wolf (1985).
I just commented about that. Glad I'm not the only one to notice. It's very similar in a lot of ways which is okay by me, I love that movie.
I had to lie to my mom for years because she's toxic & controlling. She still has no idea about some of what I hid from her. I never was close to her nor felt comfortable talking to her about things 😕. being raised in a cult is jus great 🙃/s
that's the thing about strict, helicopter, tiger parents. Their kids will only turn out to be good liars or eventually manipulators, even though the parents think they're doing the best for their children, it's still not the right method for parenting, but that's the only way they know how to raise a child, most likely because that's how the parents were raised by **their** parents as well. Hopefully when you grow up and have kids on your own, you don't project that to your children
@@teru_9921 A: I'm gonna be 20 soon.
B: not everyone in those situations become manipulators
C: I'm not gonna have kids but if I adopt I'd never treat them the way I was raised. In fact being raised how I was while being able to think for myself n use my stubbornness to my advantage is why I have the hatred for ppl like that. 👀 Luckily I also escaped the cult I was raised in as well.
@@mylife-23 what cult?
@@theawsomeauger2063 Jehovah's witnesses
@@mylife-23 ahh. Understandable.
Topanga was everybody's first crush dude, it's ok you are amongst friends.
Between Master Shifu, Aggretsuko, Sody Pop, Stufful/Bewear and this, I’m noticing a pattern…
"What's my mom gonna do? Ground me? Hahahahahhahah
Ming: So you've chosen, *D E A T H*
That mom was giant. Me and my sister laughed so hard when we saw the mom walking to the concert qs the panda
May 24th is my birthday. May 25th is my god-daughters. This movie actually speaks more about immigrant Asian families in general. I tried to be perfect and did my best in school. Because I did that, I was always alone and separate from everyone else. I broke and did a bad thing. I was tired of trying to please others and not myself in the process. This movie brought back those times and packaged them into a palatable movie.
35:00 I had the same reaction, my guy. I was shocked from this sudden kaiju finale. 😆
yes thats how Kpop stans feel when they go to concerts 🤣 4Town reminded me of a Kpop group and about how I feel about my faves 😅 also of course that super catchy song was written by Billie Eilish and Finneas, also love that Finneas was one of the 4town memebers lol
Bro, Topanga was soooo hot!
Also, the Writer/Director is a Chinese-Canadian woman who was born in 1989, so she was 13 in 2002.
That's why this was so relatable for women about their puberty.
The mom looks so cute with red hair xD
watched this with my gf today and I actually liked it alot, my fav part is when the mom lets her panda out
Loved your reactions! I freaking loved this movie, I was smiling the whole time lol. Of course, except the part where I was screaming in horror at the convenience store scene 😆
the number 4 is unlucky in chinese culture, thats why the grandma said so unlucky
watching this movie with my mom, especially her being a teen still i 2002 (shit year i was born as well) she kept saying "oh honey" and things like that so you know its a movie that has its connection to women more so than man (not to say we men can't enjoy it and maybe learn a thing or two from it). and its funny cause this film does have the disney twist to puberty and.....what my mom used to call the "red dragon"
When mai mai was pulling her mother to the circle vwith her aunties and grandmother and THEN when four town start to sing to and in that second mei mei s face is absaloutely haliarous she was Like tearing up and Like idk you seen IT BUT IT WAS pretty pricless
Your videos make me happy and laugh and forget about the pain I am in I lost my left leg because of cancer in 2021
4-town definitely reminded me of my one direction phase when i was 6 ☠️
Her mom has the Broly Panda 🤣🤣
Just watched this movie, loved it!
The visuals for when Mei is leading the teenage version of her mother through the bamboo forest / ancestral plane reminds me a little of a combination of "Spirited Away" and "Elfin Lied".
You guys have become my new favorite reactors! Great reaction
This movie is very deep. Its like Up but regarding teeneger period.
Y’know I’ve actually seen some people say “well her grades did start slipping so her mom has a point” or whatever and it’s like she’s still getting a B+. She is still making good grades. Having straight As, especially in middle school, will mean absolutely nothing when you go to college and get burnout because you never got to properly enjoy your childhood and worked too hard from a young age.
"Avengers Assemble!"
More like:
"Aunties Assemble!"
Pandas assemble!
I love the name meimei btw it’s such a cute adorable name
-Or my generation’s New Kids on the Block 🤣
- I hate cleaning but love new cleaning stuff.
Really really loved that movie! Didn't have such a good time with a movie in a while.
0:55 They ARE in this day and age, but there is absolutely no reason for most of their modern films to be rated PG in my opinion. This film actually earned it.
Don't get me wrong, they're all still great films, but they should be G.
this movie was great, I love how they set it in the early 2000s
I saw the notification yesterday but waited today to watch the reaction since i just got the time to watch the movie today. Mirabel is a mood for me 😂 i love her cameo 😂 anyway asian parent's motto is always "meet the expectations or you're a failure" 😢
When I was a kid I draw semi trucks and trains on my school paper the teacher always knew it is my paper
I want a sequel, but I understand this can stand alone on its own
oh my god jim from treasure planet was also my first crush too..
Where was this when I was a kid
I have never ever stanned a boyband in my entire life, yet this movie made me feel like a 14 year old with 4town posters in my bedroom and the playlist on my ipod 😂
Thanks for letting us watch
Being Okinawan-American seeing some of this movie with you guys,
1. You haven't seen Vietnamese/Chinese moms and it shows lol
2. I used to do cringe things as a kid, only I am diagnosed autistic so my weirdness is even hated by my mom when they aren't cute symptoms
3. I had texted a guy I literally paid to pretend to be my girlfriend in middle school because I'm not into guys but I did get my first kiss stolen by this girl in high school so it's funny back then.
4. The way periods are handled feels weird since I just keep it casual and ended up having a guy classmate escourt me flipping the prude female teacher off from having a bad stain but the guy was chill and had supplies and the teacher never let people go to the bathroom.
5. Overall a lot of problems come up, but I like the traditional iterations of gods they did!
3:55 The two Aarons are basically George and Ringo.
Wait... does that mean Aaron Z. is gonna write a kiddie-sounding song about a squid or a cuttlefish?
I feel like this movie is more popular than Encanto and Encanto is getting forgotten. It shouldn’t be 😩
I keep hearing how this movie gets hate (thought not exactly _what_ was hated) and... I don't get it. Outside of whiny complaints about 'cultural appropriation' B.S. (which is _utter_ nonsense anyway), I can't see anything wrong with _any_ of it. The characters in it are _believable_ and _relatable._ Any complaint about this movie would be, I'm guessing, a complaint that these characters where _super heroes_ with no flaws, that they were _human_ (while also being _pandas,_ of course). It just... is _such_ a good show, I think anyone who finds something objectionable about the _content_ of the movie honestly has their nose out of joint for no good reason.
I _also_ think that this is _showing,_ but not actually _dealing with_ one of the _biggest_ problems in society and growing up: communication. Be it the panda or a period, the fact remains that parents and teachers are _not talking_ to young girls (or, at least, weren't, unsure if this is different _now_ or not) about what's coming _before_ it happens, and _also_ making a big deal out of what is ultimately _not_ a big deal. When Ming thought Meilin was having her period, both Ming _and_ Jin _freaked out_ about it, getting uptight, trying to back away, and so on. That is, absolutely, the _wrong_ message to be sending! It's the wrong way to _deal_ with something like this. Imagine the sort of trauma that would inflict if they did the same thing over her _going to the bathroom,_ or throwing up when sick, or anything of that sort! It isn't, in _any_ way, either _helpful_ or _useful_ to _either_ the parents _or_ the child in that situation. It's a _freaking period!_ It happens to _all_ girls! (Well, okay, most, as in if it _doesn't_ there's something _wrong_ with said girl.) It's kinda sickening, really, to make someone feel _embarrassed_ or _ashamed_ for being _human._
_At the same time,_ I _fully_ agree the mother should _not_ be showing up to school, _in front of the whole class,_ and pulling out _pads!_ I understand, a bit, _why_ she did it given her perspective on all this. She basically was, at first, trying to find a way to _sneak_ the pads to her daughter, was _so_ freaked out she didn't _think_ about going to the office and having them call her down to pick up the pads... and possibly a cookie, so she'd have an excuse to _go to_ the office that wasn't privacy related, so she could tell her friends or anyone who asked that her mother found part of her lunch in the car and was returning it. Still, through all of that she felt it was important to _get_ the pads _to_ her to _prevent_ embarrassment. But _even with_ this being _not a big deal,_ it, _at the same time,_ would be like showing up and holding aloft for the world to see your _underwear!_ I mean... yeah, underwear isn't a big deal, but it's _also_ not something you should be showing everyone in class, thank-you-very-much.
No it's not a pug pillow it's just a squishy pillow
Awesome reactions as always! I enjoyed this movie!
7:04-7:07 yes, that’s Sandra Oh. 7:30 😆 35:28 anime 😭 36:21 that hurts. 36:35-36:38 confronts 36:42-36:44 roaring 36:58 headbutt 39:22 forgiveness
This film even got the girl school uniform for private catholic school right! But I don't think Toronto was this "pink" back in the late 90's (I was studying there at that period".
Love this film. It's currently tied with Incredibles for my #2 favorite Pixar movie.
I wasn’t feeling the animation style when the trailer came out but I still loved the movie
I’m soo happy to see y’all watch the movie I just fell in love with😅
Just thought I'd mention that the pug toy is weirdly similar to Pusheen the cat's april fool's day dog form, Pugsheen. So if anyone wants an actual pug toy like that, look that up
omd pls Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet 😭 him and Milo Thatch were something
I LIKE this movie Alot that I watched IT LIKE A MILLION times