Asian Americans React To Turning Red | React

Turning Red has been dominating the news cycle, sometimes not for the best reasons. While this movie is critically acclaimed, it has been met with mixed audience reviews. What do our Asian American reactors think about the movie?

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Executive Producer – Sierra Middlebrooks
Director of Production – Kevin Lee
Line Producer - Anthony Mugnolo
Associate Producer - Philip Paul
Associate Producer - Kathryn Jankowski
Talent Coordinator - Kaylin Stewart
Studio Manager - Stephen Miller
Studio Tech - Micah Fusco
Production Coordinator - Julian Steinberg
Editor – Kevin Isomoto
Thumbnail Graphics - Meghan Wallace
Post Production Coordinator - Ryan Johnson
Community Manager - Ema Sagner
AE - Kristin O’Hare

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Asian Americans React To Turning Red | React

0:00 React To Movie
4:00 Puberty Scene
6:27 Multi-generational Interactions
9:04 Discussing The Reviews
10:55 Outro

[mrrysngstrss]

The comment about "Well at least the younger generation has this" made my heart twinge. This generation of animators and storytellers really is trying to set the younger kids up for better understanding of family dynamics.

[tatimed]

To all the people who say this movie is not relatable clearly their racism is showing I’m Puerto Rican with no personal connection to the Asian community but I love this movie and in fact realized there’s so much overlap in what we Latines experience too. And anything that was specific to the Asian community made me happy. Seeing other people of color outside of myself being represented is a good thing

[austinpapageorge]

I literally hate everyone who says this movie has a limited audience. EVERYONE should see this movie. It wouldn't be a Disney movie or a Pixar movie if they shouldn't.

[amyclifton]

It annoys me how much people are judging this movie. The movie is from the perspective of an Asian 13 year old and is meant for other Asian kids/adults and kids around Mei’s age to relate to, but a ton of non-Asians and adults, especially white parents, watch it and judge it cause they don’t understand the full context of it.

[plucas]

I'm a generally clueless 55 year old white guy, and even I can only shake my head at the people who whine that they can't 'relate' to this great movie because it features certain types of situations. I mean, did they forget that they were 13 once? Did they not have moms, do cringey stuff, was a crazy fan boy/girl over something, fight with their family, or have that dopey yet awesome gang of friends we all have at 13? Just because you didn't go through specific things touched on in the movie doesn't mean that you can't understand where it all comes from. A lot of things about being human is universal, even if the details are different The fact that a middle-aged doofus like me can see a lot of my younger life in fictional 13-year old asian-canadian girls says a huge amount about the skill of the filmakers.

[arianachickenjoy]

Watched this with my asian mom… worst decision ever. After crying during multiple relatable scenes, my mom assumed I saw her as the “bad guy” in my life since they portrayed HER mom as controlling.

I’m glad Disney made a movie like this, even if my parents don’t approve of it.

[siiiiiuu]

While I think it's cool that so many non-Asian ppl are coming together to refute the narrative that this film is "unrelatable", how about this... I as a non-white girl grew up on white-as-snow Disney princesses (Cinderella, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, etc.) Were they supposed to be relatable to me? Do I need to be a white girl from royalty with a talking crab as a friend in order to like a movie? So what if a film's character isn't specifically relatable to every person? It's entertainment. The folks complaining about this film not being relatable are merely r*cists throwing their little tantrums. It's not much deeper than that.

[drowsystagyearsago]

I find it hilarious that parents are upset about the period thing, because I had my first period younger than she did. And it's just, not a taboo thing, It's normal. There's literally no reason to hide it. Have mercy for your child, man, I've met too many people who had their periods without having been informed about it and they thought they were dying.

[lhayaathill]

I really hate how people are upset or conflicted that this appeals to a specific group of people, so did Coco and that was a phenomenal movie. Pixar is just shining a light on stories that are often left in the shadows.

[alxstyy]

I’m not even Asian but I connected to this story Anyone can definitely relate and understand all points of views. I wish I had this when I was younger.

[minniemousesvideos]

As a black 18 girl in America, in many regards, it'd seem I'd have no reason to relate to this movie. But I relate to it much!! This movie made me feel seen like no other. Every time I see the end scenes I cry, and I feel so much emotion because it feels like everything I'm going through growing up even now. My mother is a POC and she mirrors the behaviors of this mother so much. Growing up in a family with a different family culture than the European-based narratives Disney pushed on me growing up, I never felt like the movies about family related to me. And second, her being in that awkward 13yo phase of life, makes me relate to when I was going through that. I'm only 18, so I feel pretty confident saying I'm STILL going through some of the things brought up. Like standing up for yourself, or learning who you are as a person apart from your parents' views, are things I'm probably going to be dealing with for the next 2 years at least. All I'm saying is, it makes no sense to me why people don't see the relatability to this movie, just because it's a little Asian girl as the main protagonist. When for years, we've (POC) had to find the relatability in movies even when they or act nothing like our family or cultural dynamics.

[midnightsky]

The amount of comments bashing half Asians and mixed race in general is just disgusting. Seriously, just because someone is half American or half anything doesn't erase either side of their heritage. As a half Mexican that actually grew up a great deal of my life in Mexico I would be absolutely seething if someone told me I wasn't Mexican just because I am also half American. And even if you didn't grow up in the country where your parent(s) are from, that doesn't erase the culture you experience at home through your family and parents.

Mei literally lived in Canada people, that did not make her any less Chinese. And just because you are mixed race does not mean that you are any less of either race, you are part of both.

If you are honestly going to judge someone for being mixed, then you absolutely need therapy and to reassess your life choices, because absolutely No One Asked.

[sadlobster]

I don't get why so many so-called "critics" hated this movie; it's charming, funny, relatable and the characters are great

[maackiimoo]

As a Mexican American woman with toxic family relationships between women; Turning Red is a movie that was able to help my mom and I cry together and talk about what we went and are going through. It's become something so special to us ❤️🥹

[xalxvx]

7:44 "They will shove so much food into your mouth while also telling you you're getting fat" HELP THATS SO TRUE SKHDJ

[miyo._.]

Imagine stopping a movie from just 10 minutes of watching just because a little girl was drawing fan fiction 💀 that’s what kids do, people love to put things in categories, this movie is more than just Chinese culture and periods, close-minded people never fails to disappoint me

[ezilaa_]

As an asian 15-year-old, I cannot tell you how much I relate to this film. I grew up watching lots of Disney, and Mei Mei is one of the most relatable Pixar characters I have seen. I am a fan of anime and have been watching for about six years. People in the past would think it's weird and sometimes make fun of you (in my experience). It made me hid the fact that I liked it. And eventually, I got into reading and writing fan fictions. I soon found a community I could be honest and be myself. I still don't tell a lot of people about it, but I had at least found a safe space. Ik the movie is mainly focused on an asian family, but there are so many people out there who aren't asian but go through something similar. I personally love the direction Disney is going with its films and really hope that they continue to showcase more cultures and more relatable struggles everyone goes through

[dannydiaz]

I am latina and we have really similar family dynamics to the Asian community, I honestly felt much more represented in this movie than encanto even being about my own country ... Bc I was just like Mei when I was 13 -im still think I'm a lot like her- ... It was a blessing to see that in the end her change did not distance her from her parents, because I feel that for many it was a real fear when we wanted to stand up for what we believed or were at that age

[justmj-]

i'm biracial (white and african american) and i related to this so well! the relationship that mei had with her mother was just like mine and the movie just said and portrayed so much that i needed to hear in my relationship with my mom.

[tiamariajones]

I'm 54 white and English and I loved this film it has mass appeal to many cultures and not just Asians anyone that thinks it doesn't is being very narrow minded