CONCLUSION

If Turning Red is turning you away because of its setting, discussions of puberty, or depictions of disobeying parents, it may be time to give the movie a second chance. It’s a heartwarming film about friendship, coming of age, and breaking the cycle of generational trauma to become your own unique person. It doesn’t promote disobeying parents for the sake of it, it promotes breaking free from expectations and control when it becomes too much. Its depiction of puberty and young crushes isn’t inappropriate, it’s an accurate telling of the awkward, embarrassing, new feelings young girls and boys alike experience in such a pivotal point in their lives. When you look past the controversy of this film, you can see it for what it is—a heartwarming story about growing up and becoming the person that you want to be.