Why Men Should Watch “Turning Red”

Dave Gutteridge
My Rambling Reviews
10 min readApr 8, 2022

In a scene from the movie “Turning Red,” the character Mei shows her red panda form to her friends for the first time.

(Spoilers, though I think you could read this and still enjoy the movie if you haven’t already seen it, because I only reveal fairly obvious plot points in the most general terms.)

Apparently some reporter had to retract a review of the latest Pixar movie, Turning Red, because he described it as being relatively inaccessible. His point was that a movie about a specific cultural niche, Asian Canadian…

Dave Gutteridge
My Rambling Reviews

I write thought-provoking pieces on ethics, relationships, and philosophy with honesty and vulnerability, often inspired by experiences and pop culture.