Crystal Serenity

The debut of Turning Red was highly anticipated in our home. At first, I was a little disappointed with the oddness of the characters, vocal obnoxiousness, and mediocre animation. I had a glimmer of hope that the story was on the rise when the main character Mae, an adolescent middle school girl, displayed intelligence and respect for family and faith. Mae became increasingly defiant, dishonest, and disrespectful as the film continued. The plummet was a scene where Mae, an 8th-grade tween, was twerking (sexually provocative squatting and hip thrusting) in her mother's face. It was disturbing. Her moral decline continued without any repercussions of the self-degrading, objectifying behavior. Then, the mother was negatively portrayed for having high expectations for her child. Is the lesson that we should have low expectations of our children so they won't feel bad when they fail at something? Zero valuable life lessons. The movie finishes with the preteen telling her mother to "deal" with her poor choices and let her be herself. This movie wasn't for me.

Bravo Disney 👏 . Best film I've seen in a while. Wonderful story, incredible music! I cannot say enough wonderful things about this movie. I love it!