Aschia Johnson

I am in LOVE with this movie! What I took from the situation with the family is that, any good parent will want what’s best for their child, and it’s always important to be open with your parents. Ember obviously LOVED working with glass! She of course wanted her father to be proud of her by taking over his shop but it wasn’t a good fit for her and her future, it wasn’t her passion. And when he later found out, he was absolutely accepting of that and just wanted to see his only daughter grow into a good life and to be happy after all the hardships they endured with moving, opening a little mom and pop shop, working hard, and adjusting to a new society while also dealing with racism fron the other elements. Wade saw her passion and talent for glass, and he saw how special she was, and he mentioned how her light was so beautiful, even when she was vulnerable and sad, he was accepting of it all. He wanted her to be able to be honest with her parents and wanted her to always have that joy she had when creating glass, and he was so thoughtful, taking her to see the flower and showing her not to be scared and she could relax with him and be herself. This movie made me laugh, made my heart swell, and made me cry, very touching, nice and easy paced, most movies these days are so bouncy and attention grabbing, this one is just like you stepping outside and taking in the beauty of the world, and peaceful with some fun bits of action here and there. There are a few moments of covered language for jokes adults can appreciate if they watch the movie, they do seem a bit obvious so kids could catch onto them a bit easily, but otherwise, beautiful masterpiece. My new favorite movie. And Steal the Show is now on repeat for me!

I had some higher hopes for this movie. It being PG and all. I love Pixar very much. There are lots of bits in this movie where I chuckled and thought “yep that was for sure me when I was 13.” The view on parents in this movie paints them in such a negative light and it basically says, “Your parents don’t know what is best for you, you should disobey them, it’s okay to be dishonest about your grades, its okay to lie to your parents, and it’s okay to sneak out at night.” There were no repocussions or consequences to Mei’s actions in the movie. I feel this movie might be alright if it was rated PG13 as it talks about periods and such. Not in too much detail but it is not rly something a 5 year old needs to know about. The nightmare scene in my opinion was very disturbing, they could have toned it down quite a bit, a childrens movie shouldn’t make children cry or be terrified. The merman gasping for air and the flowers with the faces are enough to traumatize a child. Booty-shaking is a normal thing in a lot of movies and amongst children, but the scene where Mei is twerking in front of her mom for nearly a minute straight and tucking her head between her legs as she did it was way too sexual, she’s 13, please don’t sexualize children and just say it’s for the joke. Some of the language in the movie is also a bit inappropriate, I don’t know about you but I would be embarrassed if my child turned to me and ask what “stripper music” was, because they heard about it on a childrens movie. The plot moved so fast and scenes switched so quickly that I myself felt jolted around and could barely catch up, I’m only in my 20’s, it’s no wonder kids these days have ADD/ADHD, or just short attention soans in general. As an adult I did not enjoy this movie and I have unfortunately had to warn many of my friends with children about it, that they should watch it before letting their kids see it and possibly cause some form of trauma or inappropriate behavior. Children soak in everything they hear and see… and I just don’t think that this is the kind of movie kids need to see…