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Anonymous wrote:I liked it a lot and my kids really did too.

But I do think the character is a bit tired. I feel like every show is about misfits vs super popular kids. What about the normal kids who fit in, make good grades and enjoy life?

At least the parents weren't dead- so hey +1 for Disney on that.

I didn’t get much a misfit vs. popular kids theme in this movie at all. The four main characters fit in well enough, made good grades and appeared to enjoy life.

+1 In what way did you feel these kids were not normal, pp?

I get what PP is saying. It seems like in so many kids movies, especially with female leads, the lead characters are either beautiful princesses/warriors (Moana, Mulan, Raya) or nerdy/outcasts (Encanto, Turning Red). There isn't much in the middle.

This. These girls were clearly misfits/nerds. And yeah, you could clearly see who the popular kids were (stacy? Tyler?) . It's nice that they had a strong group though, they weren't outcast and alone. I think everyone needs their own friend group.

Ugh. We really didn't like it either (my kids are girl (12), boy (10), and boy (6)). The worst part was the pro-rebelliousness piece - at one point, my 6 year old actually asked me: Is it better to listen to your friends than your mom?
Great message, film-makers!

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it a lot and my kids really did too.

But I do think the character is a bit tired. I feel like every show is about misfits vs super popular kids. What about the normal kids who fit in, make good grades and enjoy life?

At least the parents weren't dead- so hey +1 for Disney on that.

I didn’t get much a misfit vs. popular kids theme in this movie at all. The four main characters fit in well enough, made good grades and appeared to enjoy life.

+1 In what way did you feel these kids were not normal, pp?

I get what PP is saying. It seems like in so many kids movies, especially with female leads, the lead characters are either beautiful princesses/warriors (Moana, Mulan, Raya) or nerdy/outcasts (Encanto, Turning Red). There isn't much in the middle.

Oh my word. The movie makers made it EXPLICITLY clear that the panda is NOT a metaphor for getting your period by having a whole scene devoted to that when the mother misunderstood what was happening.

Watched with my 12 year old daughter and husband last night — we all LOVED it. Not every movie has to be directed at five year olds.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it a lot and my kids really did too.

But I do think the character is a bit tired. I feel like every show is about misfits vs super popular kids. What about the normal kids who fit in, make good grades and enjoy life?

At least the parents weren't dead- so hey +1 for Disney on that.

I didn’t get much a misfit vs. popular kids theme in this movie at all. The four main characters fit in well enough, made good grades and appeared to enjoy life.

+1 In what way did you feel these kids were not normal, pp?

Anonymous wrote:I liked it a lot and my kids really did too.

But I do think the character is a bit tired. I feel like every show is about misfits vs super popular kids. What about the normal kids who fit in, make good grades and enjoy life?

At least the parents weren't dead- so hey +1 for Disney on that.

I didn’t get much a misfit vs. popular kids theme in this movie at all. The four main characters fit in well enough, made good grades and appeared to enjoy life.

Anonymous wrote:I HATED it. The self loathing talk from the little girl, hitting herself and yelling stupid, her self proclaimed “sexy drawings” and saying she likes to do gyrations with her bodY. Horrible movie.

I loved it. The internal battle to be what your parents/society expects vs. being yourself. Thinking you're bad or wrong for doing what is natural, then learning to not only accept, but to love the "bad" part of yourself. Repressing emotions is so self-destructive, God forbid we dance and express our joy.

Really enjoyed it. I had not yet discussed periods with my 8 year old but we had discussed general concepts of puberty changes (breasts and body hair) so this did prompt more detailed discussions as she wanted to know what the fuss was about pads and what they’re for. Then we rewatched the movie the next day (I think she wanted to see it again with a better understanding).

I liked it a lot and my kids really did too.

But I do think the character is a bit tired. I feel like every show is about misfits vs super popular kids. What about the normal kids who fit in, make good grades and enjoy life?

At least the parents weren't dead- so hey +1 for Disney on that.

We watched it over the weekend and none of us (13,10) liked it. IMO None of the characters had depth. The mom was not relatable and so incredibly over the top. The little angry friend, only had one speed. You could tell that the dad felt bad for his daughter but he had maybe three words in the whole movie. It wasn’t one of their best movies, which is a real shame because the animation was really cute! The red panda was adorable and it was nice to see a diverse cast.

Anonymous wrote:It was boring and weird. And as a woman, I found it a bit stereotypical.

As a boy mom, I can report that boys have normal outbursts as well. But this film focuses on girls.

And, as one of four girls, I have to say the tiger mom stereotype didn’t resonate at all. My sisters and I adored our mother. She provided unconditional love, not controlling at all.

Little kids wanted to watch it, but they got bored after 20 minutes. Curious what age group actually enjoyed it? Also curious if the film resonates with certain ethnic groups?

Yikes.

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Anonymous wrote:I HATED it. The self loathing talk from the little girl, hitting herself and yelling stupid, her self proclaimed “sexy drawings” and saying she likes to do gyrations with her bodY. Horrible movie.

That’s right, we were cracking up at the panda butt twerking scene to deliberately piss off her mom.

The sexy time drawings were odd too. I don’t know kids drawing romantic stuff, thinking it maybe…

I refer you to:

https://twitter.com/neon_heartbeat/status/1502979575290433540?s=20&t=BFekKgP_4TrtkEK-UjYUcA


Kids who draw express the feelings through drawing. Others right terrible fanfiction, or poetry, or make up stories for their dolls to act out.

My 7yo ds and 9 & 12yo dds enjoyed it. They all understood the references to periods (although only the oldest really “got” it) and thought the stuff about emotions was generally pretty accurate. My oldest doesn’t have her period yet but a lot of her friends do.

I am curious why there has been no discussion of the casting of a Korean-Canadian(and American) actress as the mother? Sandra Oh is pretty vocal about being of Korean origin and how that it is important for her to portray authentically Korean women in her roles - and yet here she is playing a very stereotypical Chinese woman. It felt odd and off to me, and I don’t understand why they couldn’t have cast a Chinese (-Canadian or American, if they wanted…) actress in the role?

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Anonymous wrote:All the Pixar characters look the same. I actually thought the main character was the same one from Encanto. And some of the others looked like they were from Descipleable Me.
The over exaggerated eyes are a bit much.

Encanto is a Disney movie, not Pixar, and Despicable Me was neither Disney nor Pixar.

It's Disney Pixar now They merged 10+ yrs ago.

Different divisions of company run very differently

Anonymous wrote:All the Pixar characters look the same. I actually thought the main character was the same one from Encanto. And some of the others looked like they were from Descipleable Me.
The over exaggerated eyes are a bit much.

Encanto was Disney Animation, NOT PIXAR.