FILM #14
OF 39
95TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2023 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“TURNING RED”
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
DISNEY+
DAY 22
OF 48
Best ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
Another year, another Pixar Animation film gets nominated for an Academy Award. “Turning Red” is about a young girl who finds that her emotions turn her into a red panda and follows the recent theme of Disney movies revolving around kids living up to their parent’s expectations. The animation style is what we’ve come to expect from a Disney/Pixar venture, and the comedy is on point. However, the characters and their strifes lack a deepness or richness. The overbearing mother, independence-seeking daughter storyline is tired, and little here sets it apart from anything else. I appreciate the friend connection being the element that gets Mei Mei through her difficult situation. Still, the story never dwells on one problem long enough to get invested.
PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS
Domee Shi
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Animated Short Film | “Bao” | WINNER |
Lindsey Collins
| First-time nominee |
In “Turning Red”, Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which for a teenager is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda!
Directed by Domee Shi
Walt Disney Pictures + Pixar Animation
March 11, 2022
100 minutes
ACCOLADES
BAFTA Awards — Best Animated Feature Film (Nominee)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards — Best Animated Feature Film (Nominee)
Annie Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
Austin Film Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards — Best Animated Film [Winner]
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
Chicago Indie Critics Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Columbus Film Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Critics Choice Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
Denver Film Critics Society Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
DiscussingFilm Critics Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Animated Film [Winner]
GALECA: Society of LGBTQ Ent. Critics Awards — Animated Film of the Year (Nominee)
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Golden Globe Awards — Best Motion Picture – Animated (Nominee)
Greater Western NY Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Hollywood Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
International Online Cinema Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Iowa Film Critics Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Latino Ent. Journalists Ass. Film Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
Music City Film Critics’ Association Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
North Dakota Film Society Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
North Texas Film Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Online Association of Female Film Critics Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
Online Film Critics Society Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
Producer Guild of America Awards — Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures (Nominee)
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Phoenix Critics Circle Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Portland Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
Satellite Awards — Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media (Nominee)
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Film (Nominee)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Feature [Winner]
Washington DC Area Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Animated Feature (Nominee)
EXPERT PREDICTIONS
1. “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
2. “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
3. “Turning Red”
4. “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
5. “The Sea Beast”
PERSONAL PREDICTIONS
1. “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
2. “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
3. “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
4. “Turning Red”
5. “The Sea Beast”
