What makes Turning Red a stronger take on the mother-daughter story is in where the emotional conflict in the relationship is rooted and how the change is necessitated. RELATED: From 'Turning Red' to 'Encanto': The Matriarchal Shift in Disney Films Each film presents the magical bear element as the story’s inciting incident that propels the characters into conflict, resolved only by the strength of their mother-daughter bond. Turning Red tells the story of Meilin Lee ( Rosalie Chang) as she learns from her mom, Ming ( Sandra Oh), of her family’s ancestral “inconvenience” of transforming into a giant red panda whenever she gets too emotional. In Brave, Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald, inadvertently casts a botched spell on her mother, Queen Elinor ( Emma Thompson), turning her into a bear. Ten years later, 2022’s Turning Red built itself on a similar premise, but held a greater focus on its core mother-daughter relationship, and presented it in a more nuanced and identifiable way.Īt face value, both films are about how magically transforming into a bear presents a problem that the mother and daughter must overcome. Pixar’s 2012 feature Brave told the tale of a rebellious young woman vying to change her fate and the mind of her over-controlling mother through magical means.
If I had a nickel for every Pixar movie that depicted a mother-daughter story where at least one of the characters turns into a bear, I'd have two nickels, which is not a lot, but it is weird that it has happened twice.
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