20 Best Movies Of 2022 (So Far)

If Turning Red doesn't quite rank among Pixar's very best efforts, it's still another strong offering from Disney's premiere animated stable, melding eye-popping animation with some agreeably forward-thinking themes.

Enough time has passed that early 2000s nostalgia is now a thing - do you feel old yet? - and Turning Red has great fun mining that time period for every drop of comedy it's worth.

And while its notions of self-actualisation will seem familiar enough to anyone who's seen more than a few Disney movies, the script's exploration of more fringe subject matter - namely menstruation and teenage sexuality - confirms that Pixar is continuing to grow and mature.

Ignore the very silly controversies surrounding the movie and this is easily the year's most robust animated film to date.