The premise of Turning Red — thirteen-year-old Mei Lee transforming into a red panda whenever she gets agitated — is very clearly metaphoric.
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Turning Red (2022)
Series: 2022: Year in Film
Gathering all of my reviews of 2022 movies.
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Year in Film: 2022
2022 Overview:
2022! The year I finally returned to theaters. The year I fully launched this site. I figure it will be fun to gather movies I’ve seen by year as I watch and review, and I’m starting with 2022.
- 2022 Annual Recap
- The B.A.D.S. by The Goods 2022
- Best Picture: Pearl
- The Top 10 Movies of 2022
- The Bottom 5 Movies of 2022
- Most Anticipated (Start of 2022, Pictured): Cha Cha Real Smooth
2022 Movies Watched and Rated:
- Last Updated: 6/10/24
- Note: Previously this list was ranked, but I’ve since changed my process to group into “Is It Good?” tiers rather than a strict rank. You can view that ranking, before it was abandoned, here.
- Ratings on the Is It Good? scale
- (**) = no full length review
- (s) = short film
- (p) = The Goods: A Film Podcast episode
Exceptionally Good (7/8)
- Decision to Leave
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Falcon Lake**
- Pearl
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish**
- TÁR (Tar)
Very Good (6/8)
- Aftersun**
- Babylon (p)
- Banshees of Inisherin**
- Bones and All**
- Causeway
- Confess, Fletch
- Do Revenge
- Elvis
- The Fabelmans
- Haulout** (s)
- The House
- The Ice Merchants** (s)
- Three Thousand Years of Longing
- (Guillermo Del Toro’s) Pinocchio
- The Northman
- Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical**
- RRR
- Skinamarink
- Top Gun: Maverick
- X
Good (5/8)
- About Fate**
- Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
- The Batman
- Bodies Bodies Bodies
- Bros
- Cha Cha Real Smooth
- Emily the Criminal
- Fall
- The Flying Sailor** (s)
- Funny Pages
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery**
- Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline**
- Look Both Ways
- A Man Called Otto
- M3GAN (Megan)
- The Menu
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
- My Year of Dicks** (s)
- Moonshot
- Nope
- Sam & Kate
- Scrooge: A Christmas Carol**
- Strange World
- The Sea Beast
- Till**
- To Leslie**
- Triangle of Sadness
- Turning Red
- Watcher
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
- When You Finish Saving the World
- Women Talking
Nearly Good (4/8)
- Alice, Darling**
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Armageddon Time
- Barbarian
- The Bad Guys
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse** (s)
- Call Jane**
- Crush
- The Curse of Bridge Hollow
- Disenchanted
- Empire of Light
- Honor Society
- Metal Lords
- My Father’s Dragon**
- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
- Palm Trees and Power Lines
- Persuasion
- Scream (p)
- She Said
- Snow Day
- Spirited** (p)
- Talk to Me
- Ticket to Paradise
- Troll**
- Zombies 3 (p)
Not Very Good (3/8)
- 38 at the Garden** (s)
- The Blackening
- Don’t Make Me Go
- Don’t Worry Darling
- Falling for Christmas
- Lightyear
- Mickey Saves Christmas (s)
- Monster High: The Movie**
- Not Okay
- Rosaline
- Sharp Stick
- Where the Crawdads Sing
Not Good (2/8)
- Amsterdam
- Halloween Ends
- Love & Gelato
- Luck
- Moonfall**
- Stranger at the Gate** (s)
Very Not Good (1/8)
2022 Review Index
| Title | Date | Film Year | Director | Is It Good | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don’t Make Me Go (2022) | 05/26/2024 | 2022 | Marks, Hannah | 3 | 2022, Hannah Marks |
| Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022) | 12/13/2023 | 2022 | Lewen, Michael | 5 | 2022 |
| Talk to Me (2022) | 09/30/2023 | 2022 | Philippou, Danny / Phihlippou, Michael | 4 | 2022, New Release |
| The Blackening (2022) | 09/09/2023 | 2023 | Story, Tim | 3 | 2022, New Release |
| Babylon (2022) | 06/14/2023 | 2022 | Chazelle, Damien | 6 | 2022, Damien Chazelle |
| Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022) | 05/26/2023 | 2022 | Dack, Jamie | 4 | 2022, New Release |
| A Man Called Otto (2022) | 05/20/2023 | 2022 | Forster, Marc | 5 | 2022, Tom Hanks |
| When You Finish Saving the World (2022) | 03/27/2023 | 2022 | Eisenberg, Jesse | 5 | 2022, New Release |
| Watcher (2022) | 03/12/2023 | 2022 | Okuno, Chloe | 5 | 2022 |
| The Sea Beast (2022) | 02/27/2023 | 2022 | Williams, Chris | 5 | 2022 |
| Women Talking (2022) | 02/24/2023 | 2022 | Polley, Sarah | 5 | 2022 |
| Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) | 02/18/2023 | 2022 | Fabian, Anthony | 4 | 2022 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) | 02/16/2023 | 2022 | Berger, Edward | 4 | 2022 |
| Causeway (2022) | 02/07/2023 | 2022 | Neugebauer, Lila | 6 | 2022 |
| Call Jane (2022) | 02/03/2023 | 2022 | Nagy, Phyllis | 4 | 2022 |
| M3GAN (2022) | 01/31/2023 | 2022 | Johnstone, Gerard | 5 | 2022 |
| Snow Day (2022) | 01/24/2023 | 2022 | Lembeck, Michael | 4 | 2022 |
| The Fabelmans (2022) | 01/18/2023 | 2022 | Spielberg, Steven | 6 | 2022 |
| The Menu (2022) | 01/06/2023 | 2022 | Mylod, Mark | 5 | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) | 01/03/2023 | 2022 | del Toro, Guillermo | 6 | 2022 |
| Strange World (2022) | 01/02/2023 | 2022 | Hall, Don | 5 | 2022 |
| Sam & Kate (2022) | 12/19/2022 | 2022 | Le Gallo, Darren | 5 | 2022 |
| Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) | 12/11/2022 | 2022 | Miller, George | 6 | 2022, George Miller |
| Mickey Saves Christmas (2022) | 12/09/2022 | 2022 | Brooks, David H. | 3 | 2022 |
| The House (2022) | 12/07/2022 | 2022 | Baeza, Paloma / De Swaef Emma / Lindroth von Bahr, Niki / Roels, Marc James | 6 | 2022 |
| Armageddon Time (2022) | 11/29/2022 | 2022 | Gray, James | 4 | 2022 |
| TÁR (Tar) (2022) | 11/28/2022 | 2022 | Field, Todd | 7 | 2022 |
| Triangle of Sadness (2022) | 11/26/2022 | 2022 | Ostlund, Ruben | 5 | 2022 |
| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) | 11/24/2022 | 2022 | Appel, Eric | 5 | 2022 |
| Falling for Christmas (2022) | 11/21/2022 | 2022 | Damian, Janeen | 3 | 2022 |
| Disenchanted (2022) | 11/20/2022 | 2022 | Shankman, Adam | 4 | 2022 |
| Amsterdam (2022) | 11/16/2022 | 2022 | Russell, David O. | 2 | 2022 |
| Confess, Fletch (2022) | 11/07/2022 | 2022 | Mottola, Greg | 6 | 2022 |
| Persuasion (2022) | 11/05/2022 | 2022 | Cracknell, Carrie | 4 | 2022 |
| Pearl (2022) | 11/03/2022 | 2022 | West, Ti | 7 | 2022 |
| Don’t Worry Darling (2022) | 11/02/2022 | 2022 | Wilde, Olivia | 3 | 2022 |
| Ticket to Paradise (2022) | 11/01/2022 | 2022 | Parker, Ol | 4 | 2022 |
| Emily the Criminal (2022) | 10/31/2022 | 2022 | Ford, John Patton | 5 | 2022 |
| Rosaline (2022) | 10/28/2022 | 2022 | Maine, Karen | 3 | 2022 |
| Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) | 10/27/2022 | 2022 | Linklater, Richard | 5 | 2022 |
| Barbarian (2022) | 10/26/2022 | 2022 | Cregger, Zach | 4 | 2022 |
| The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022) | 10/24/2022 | 2022 | Wadlow, Jeff | 4 | 2022 |
| Bros (2022) | 10/21/2022 | 2022 | Stoller, Nicholas | 5 | 2022 |
| Halloween Ends (2022) | 10/19/2022 | 2022 | Green, David Gordon | 2 | 2022, Halloween Series |
| Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) | 10/14/2022 | 2022 | Daniels | 7 | 2022 |
| The Northman (2022) | 09/27/2022 | 2022 | Eggers, Robert | 6 | 2022 |
| Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) | 09/23/2022 | 2022 | Reijn, Halina | 5 | 2022 |
| Do Revenge (2022) | 09/22/2022 | 2022 | Robinson, Jennifer Kaytin | 6 | 2022 |
| Love & Gelato (2022) | 09/21/2022 | 2022 | Camp, Brandon | 2 | 2022 |
| Decision to Leave (2022) | 09/19/2022 | 2022 | Park Chan-wook | 7 | 2022 |
| Marmaduke (2022) | 09/16/2022 | 2022 | Dippé, Mark A.Z. | 1 | 2022 |
| Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) | 09/15/2022 | 2022 | Balda, Kyle | 5 | 2022 |
| Metal Lords (2022) | 09/14/2022 | 2022 | Sollett, Peter | 4 | 2022 |
| X (2022) | 09/13/2022 | 2022 | West, Ti | 6 | 2022 |
| Moonshot (2022) | 09/12/2022 | 2022 | Winterbauer, Christopher | 5 | 2022 |
| Look Both Ways (2022) | 09/11/2022 | 2022 | Kahiu, Wanuri | 5 | 2022 |
| Pinocchio (2022) | 09/09/2022 | 2022 | Zemeckis, Robert | 1 | 2022, Tom Hanks |
| Sharp Stick (2022) | 09/07/2022 | 2022 | Dunham, Lena | 3 | 2022 |
| Honor Society (2022) | 09/06/2022 | 2022 | Zegman, Oran | 4 | 2022 |
| Fall (2022) | 09/05/2022 | 2022 | Mann, Scott | 5 | 2022 |
| Funny Pages (2022) | 09/03/2022 | 2022 | Kilne, Owen | 5 | 2022 |
| The Bubble (2022) | 09/02/2022 | 2022 | Apatow, Judd | 1 | 2022 |
| Nope (2022) | 08/30/2022 | 2022 | Peele, Jordan | 5 | 2022 |
| Crush (2022) | 08/28/2022 | 2022 | Cohen, Sammi | 4 | 2022 |
| Luck (2022) | 08/27/2022 | 2022 | Holmes, Peggy | 2 | 2022 |
| Top Gun: Maverick (2022) | 08/25/2022 | 2022 | Kosinski, Joseph | 6 | 2022 |
| Not Okay (2022) | 08/19/2022 | 2022 | Shephard, Quinn | 3 | 2022 |
| The Batman (2022) | 08/16/2022 | 2022 | Reeves, Matt | 5 | 2022 |
| Lightyear (2022) | 08/08/2022 | 2022 | MacLane, Angus | 3 | 2022 |
| Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022) | 08/05/2022 | 2022 | Hoen, Paul | 4 | 2022 |
| Scream (2022) | 07/27/2022 | 2022 | Bettinelli-Olpin, Matt / Gillet, Tyler | 4 | Scream, Radio Silence, 2022 |
| Elvis (2022) | 07/22/2022 | 2022 | Luhrmann, Baz | 6 | Baz Luhrmann Retrospective, 2022, Tom Hanks |
| Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) | 07/21/2022 | 2022 | Newman, Olivia | 3 | 2022 |
| The Bad Guys (2022) | 07/15/2022 | 2022 | Perifel, Pierre | 4 | 2022 |
| Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) | 06/18/2022 | 2022 | Raiff, Cooper | 5 | 2022 |
| Turning Red (2022) | 03/11/2022 | 2022 | Shi, Domee | 5 | 2022 |
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Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
On a superficial level, Cha Cha Real Smooth is extremely similar to Shithouse, Cooper Raiff’s debut from 2020.
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The Bad Guys (2022)
Over the past ten years, major American animation studios (mostly excluding Walt Disney Animation Studios) have finally realized that the path forward to improving their visual language was not enhancing the photorealism of their animation.
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Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
The title of “Where the Crawdads Sing” suggests that the central concept of the story is its setting.
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Scream (2022)
The 2022 film Scream — aka Scream 5, or 5cream, or Five Cream — is probably the most coherent of the Scream sequels.
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Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022)
Thus ends the strangest trilogy in Disney Channel Original Movie history.
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Lightyear (2022)
While watching Lightyear, I couldn’t shake the sensation that I was watching the second movie in a series and had accidentally skipped the first.
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The Batman (2022)
I kept waiting, for three hours, for The Batman to really sock me in the jaw.
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Not Okay (2022)
Satire is hard.