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We do not understand very well the latest Disney decisions for which he decides to condemn ostracized to ‘streaming’ to Pixar films, given that they are, in many cases, the highest quality animation products produced in the factory (or maybe that’s why?). We already had to see the fabulous ‘Soul’ on the small screen and now we meet again with a film, ‘Red’, which would have deserved the theatrical release.
Not only because of its enormous quality, but also because at a time when you can’t play games with the film industry, Movies like this need to hit the big screen to help get the business out of the slump. Is this an exercise in Disney’s distrust of Pixar’s first film directed by a woman, Domee Shi (‘Bao’)?
Have you thought that ‘Red’ is not capable of getting people out of their homes? Taking into account that ‘Lightyear’, the ‘spin-off’ of ‘Toy Story’, is going to be released, it does not seem that Disney is making the best decisions: You may not realize that what you have in your hands is a real delicacy.
Let’s go to the analysis. We are in 2002. The protagonist of the film is Mei, a girl who has just turned 13 and has fully entered adolescence.. She lives in Toronto, is in eighth grade and is very studious. She has three best friends (Miriam, Abby, and Priya) and an unbridled passion for the boy-band 4*Town (yes, the one with five members despite the name).
But in this apparently ‘perfect’ life there is something that distorts Mei… her mother! (Who hasn’t been through this?) Ming (Sandra Oh, in the original version) is an overprotective and loving mother who forces her daughter to keep strict schedules and doesn’t let her go see the 4*Town .
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At his side, his father Jin, a calm and sweet man. Ming and Jing run a Chinese temple where they give tours and sell souvenirs. The temple honors a goddess named Sun Yee, an ancestor of the Ming family, and the spirit of the red panda; two red panda statues (Bart and Lisa) flank the temple entrance.
Mei and her friends fall in love with a boy who is a cashier in a supermarket, which doesn’t sit well with her mother, who goes to the store with the girl to tell the boy “don’t go near her”, provoking him. a huge fit of shame. And now comes the ‘metaphor’: The intense mortification plus the onset of hormonal chemical processes inspire the appearance of a monster in Mei: she transforms into a red panda so big that she hits her head on the ceiling and breaks her bed.
It’s obvious that Pixar is talking about menstruation and, in case we weren’t clear, when the mother comes to see why Mei has locked herself in the bathroom screaming, she asks: “Has the red peony bloomed?” The teenager is now a big, furry, cute animal, but when Ming realizes this, he doesn’t get angry, but sighs remembering when the same thing happened to her. It’s a family curse, and Mei has a hard time coming to terms with it at first. But she will. And you will realize that it is not a curse at all, but a blessing.
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Domee Shi, the director, worked on the ‘storyboard’ of ‘Inside Out’; It could be considered that Mei’s story is in some way a continuation of Riley’s that stops just at the arrival of puberty. We can hear the voice of Joy, Disgust, Fear, Anger and Sadness in Mei’s phrases like “I like boys, I like loud music, I like dancing! I’m 13 years old. Face it!”
‘Red’ should be a must-see movie among teenagers (so if you can watch it at home with the little ones at home, do it). The film comes to life through each and every one of its corners. In the mother who appears rigid but is actually just a little clumsy because she doesn’t realize that by increasing her control over her daughter she is only making the situation worse; in the grandmother full of strength who enters the story to exert some influence; on an apparent generation gap that is bridged with large doses of sorority; in the protagonist’s struggle between self-denial and self-acceptance…
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The film not only talks about the inevitable conflicts inherent in raising children, the dynamics of motherhood and the passage to that unknown maturity that the arrival of the period implies. It is also about the value of breaking tradition, especially since we understand ourselves as emotional and biological beings.
‘Red’ is one of those great Pixar movies full of message, background and, of course, antics, jokes, parodies and plot conflicts we’ve all been through (eg Mei’s birthday falls on the same date as the big 4*Town concert, which is a real tragedy for a 13 year old).
It’s hard for this smart and entertaining film to displease anyone. You have to see it, alone or in the company of those who will soon embark on the path that we all once traveled. And pray that one day they will tell you, understanding: “Mom, I bought you some tickets so that we can go on your birthday to see Hombres G.” The circle will have closed.
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