Father of a 4y/o girl. Not as bad/woke as people make it out to be.

Trying to keep it spoiler free…
It was a decent movie, and actually had a good amount of laughs. Remember this movie is “PG” and not “G”.

What I thought people made a big deal about and I don’t they needed to-
1. The period scene- I laughed hard at it, all it was is that the parents were worried and thought their child was on her period. They didn’t even use the word “period”. They said things like “I didn’t think it would happen this soon”, and had a box of pads (set up for a joke later).
2. The kids not listening to the parents. Again, I think peoples problem with this was overblown. Mei had problems with her parents and it could have been fixed by different means but she wasn’t a perfect character. I’d compare it to the movie Luca, yes he didn’t listen to his parents, but he’s also a kid.
3. Some small misc. stuff- girl saying “stripper music”, the drawings of a guy holding her, other things I can’t remember didn’t seem woke, but definitely for older kids and why it’s in the PG compared to G.
4. The ritual scenes- it was fine. We’ve seen things like this like Mulan having a dragon.


What was woke-
1. The twerking Panda scene was a bit much and went on for too long.
2. The boy that was into the boy band. Could make people uncomfortable, but I remember lots of boys that age liking Backstreet Boys. The “I love you Aaron Z” from said boy, interpret that how you will.
3. The “My Panda my Choice” line. Did it make me uncomfortable, yes. Do I think it was a Planned Parenthood support thing, no. I just took it as a dumb line.
4. During the credits there are 2 lgbt rainbows with the boy bands logo on it. So it makes me interpret my 2nd point a little differently.


Conclusion-
It wasn’t the wokest thing, and I don’t feel the need to talk to my 4 y/o about it. The only thing I really would is the tweaking panda scene, but at the age she probably just thinks of it as a type of fart joke.
Do I think we would watch it again? Probably not, heck, if the movie got rid of the one twerking panda part and the lgbt logos at the end, I wouldn’t mind. It was a fun movie at times.

The character arc sucks…

Imagine the Lion King where Simba stays in the jungle and never returns because he learned to embrace his inner warthog.

That’s Turning Red.

Okay, this is probably one of the worst Pixar movie I’ve seen so far. Honestly, this movie isn’t appropriate for any young kids since it talks about puberty several time. It has lots of diversity stuff in it. But the only huge woke moment I could think of is when Mei said “My Panda! My choice!” I was like oh crap. Honestly, it’s a garbage movie. I would not recommend little kids to watch this because it’s influencing on young children.

i hate to admit, although woke, the twerking panda thing was kindoff funny. and the wokeness is mild.

Not that woke

Not that woke, but it does contain some undertones. Not enough to tell people to avoid it, but just be aware. This is a pretty family friendly movie otherwise and is safe to see with your kids.

Another mistake

You know it's woke when clips from the movie are used to prove the point of wokeness in media.

Sexualizes Kids in a Kids Movie

My biggest problem with the film is the disturbing fact that it sexualizes the 12 year old protagonist in a film for kids. Especially the awful tweking scene. Or the jokes paralleling panda-ing to being a stripper.
I understand that girls go through puberty at that age, but I think it's best for parents to teach their kids themselves at an age appropriate level rather than have it in a mainstream kids movie. And some of it imo even went too far. (I can understand the period scene as it wasn't graphic, and that's basic female puberty edu; but not the above mentioned stuff.)
Of course, there's also the usual Current Year™️ virtue signaling/ identity politics: such as the token gay boy and the LGBT flags. And the "My panda my choice" line.