A thirteen-year-old girl named Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overl... Read allA thirteen-year-old girl named Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overly excited she transforms into a giant red panda.A thirteen-year-old girl named Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overly excited she transforms into a giant red panda.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 10 wins & 91 nominations total
Rosalie Chiang
- Meilin
- (voice)
- …
Hyein Park
- Abby
- (voice)
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
- Priya
- (voice)
Wai Ching Ho
- Grandma
- (voice)
- …
Tristan Allerick Chen
- Tyler
- (voice)
Lori Tan Chinn
- Auntie Chen
- (voice)
Mia Tagano
- Lily
- (voice)
Sherry Cola
- Helen
- (voice)
Lillian Lim
- Auntie Ping
- (voice)
James Hong
- Mr. Gao
- (voice)
Topher Ngo
- Aaron T. (4*Town)
- (voice)
Josh Levi
- Aaron Z. (4*Town)
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe number 4 is considered unlucky in Chinese culture; it sounds similar to the word for "death" in both Mandarin and Cantonese.
- GoofsLester B. Pearson Middle School has a sign for Canadian Indigenous People's History Month. It's actually called National Indigenous History Month, and it was first observed in 2009.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the credits, a brief scene is shown revealing Jin, Mei's father, being a closeted 4*Town fan.
- Alternate versionsWhen the audio track is set to English (UK) on Disney+, Lauren's voice is re-dubbed by Anne-Marie.
- ConnectionsFeatured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Turning Red for the Brawl (2021)
- Soundtracks1 True Love
Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
Performed by 4*Town (Jordan Fisher, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, Finneas O'Connell and Grayson Villanueva)
Japanese version performed by Da-iCE
Produced by Finneas O'Connell
Recorded by David Boucher
Mixed by Rob Kinelski
Vocal arrangements by Finneas O'Connell and David Giuli
Featured review
Pixar Doesn't Tire Of Making Wonderful Animated Features
In the latest Pixar movie, Rosalie Chiang voice a 12-year-old girl in Toronto in 2002. She is the daughter of a tiger mother, has nervous breakdowns when she comes in second in spelling bees, and is securely under the thumb of her mother -- voiced by Sandra Oh -- although she adores a boy band, of which her mother severely disapproves. But being at that age, she finds a change in her body: under great emotional stress, she turns into a giant red panda. This turns out to be true of all the women in her family.
In what may be described as 'fantasy autobiography' -- the director was born in China, moved to Canada at 2, and was twelve for most of 2002 -- we see the expected Pixar combination of technical excellence -- the red panda looks like a plush doll, with every one of its million or two hairs carefully drawn -- and story telling. It hews a little too closely between its literal and figurative meaning -- we're dealing with menarche in some form -- with jokes about her mother bringing tampons and similar products to school, embarrassing the protagonist. But I laughed out loud and leaked some tears, and what more can you demand of any movie?
In what may be described as 'fantasy autobiography' -- the director was born in China, moved to Canada at 2, and was twelve for most of 2002 -- we see the expected Pixar combination of technical excellence -- the red panda looks like a plush doll, with every one of its million or two hairs carefully drawn -- and story telling. It hews a little too closely between its literal and figurative meaning -- we're dealing with menarche in some form -- with jokes about her mother bringing tampons and similar products to school, embarrassing the protagonist. But I laughed out loud and leaked some tears, and what more can you demand of any movie?
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- Mar 12, 2022
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Gấu Đỏ Biến Hình
- Filming locations
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada(on location)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $175,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,399,001
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $578,047
- Feb 11, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $21,813,358
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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