jxmsncz Review of Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken

Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (2023)

Wasn't this already done in Turning Red?

[5/10 · 26 August 2023]

The movie was ok...graphics were good and it was a decent attempt at a story of teenage puberty and female body changes... But I feel like I just saw this with Turning Red. It has a decent premise but it just seems like someone wanted to create a twist on the Little Mermaid while including puberty into the mix. Not that we can't use more movies empowering females and awkward teenage phases but it just felt like it had already been done before... Giant Panda versus Giant Kraken, mother was a Giant Kraken and it only happens to females in the family in similarity to women turning into Giant Pandas in Turning Red. It just felt like a bit too much overlap for me or at least too soon after the other movie was released.