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Blistering performances.

Baomis a beautiful film. It is detailed and pays so much attention to the smallest things. The message of the mother and son is amazing, and shows that while the girlfriend is not accepted at first, when she is given a chance she shows how much she cares and researched and to me it's a really strong message. This message may be overshadowed in some by the fact she eats the dumpling son. To me, it symbolises her wanting to keep him with her forever, so she knew by eating him he would never leave her. It's something that resonated with me as a daughter to an overprotective parent. I understand exactly what the dumpling is going though (weird to say) but I can sympathise with both sides. My favourite part is when they're sharing the bread (I think it's Anpan? Looks like a pan to me) because that's what they did together. That was their thing. It just hit home for me in a big way. Very very sweet, very beautiful and the first by a female animator! Congrats to her, I hope there is more to come.

A unique take on a good message. This was cute, and I liked it.

As what the headline says above this short was shown before The Incredibles 2 came on and boy was it a strange one. The short is about a woman from China who makes dumplings that one in particular comes alive. She watches the dumpling grown up to become a headstrong teenager with a super hot girlfriend and she doesn't want this dumpling to leave the house.....IS this woman dreaming or not and does she even have a real son? Overall the animation is good but the plot of this short had me baffled. I don't wanna spoil what happens but if you seen The Incredibles 2 chances are you have seen this short.

The people who say that they didn't get Bao are, in my opinion, either unable to grasp metaphors or have no understanding of generational conflict in immigrant communities. Anyone who comes from an immigrant culture will recognize the tension between the loving but overprotective mother and the son to whom growing up means embracing all of the possibilities of the country he was born in. And I mean embracing literally; the fiancee, with her blond hair, white blouse and tartan skirt, is the image of the classic shiksa.It's a clever retelling of an old story, with a sweet reconciliation after the crisis. I agree with the commenters who say that very young children find it frightening, but then very young children should not be taken to Incredibles II simply because it is a cartoon. The target audience is kids old enough to identify with Dash or older. A seven or eight year old ought to be able to grasp both the mom who won't let you grow up and the idea that it was all a bad dream.