Inside Out


Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

Pixar has produced excellence yet again.  I was so excited about this movie since seeing the trailer for it. It reminded me of this show called Cranium Command at Epcot Center in Disney World.  You were watching a day in the life of a pre-teen from the inside with over the top personalities playing the different parts of the body.  Hans & Franz were the heart.  Norm from Cheers was the stomach.  Bobcat Goldthwait was the adrenal glands.  It was a short little movie but I would go out of my way to see it every trip to Disney.  This movie was very similar to that but focused on the different emotions instead of areas of the body.   The emotions were perfectly voice casted.  The story was tight and adorable on every level.  There were plenty of laughs and choke up scenes for both children and adults.  More importantly than anything this movie is going to help so many children psychologically.  Children that see this movie are going to understand so much better now to deal with their emotions and parents are going to have an excellent tool to help them do so or refer to,

I absolutely recommend this movie to everyone.  It is a very smart, funny, emotional and possibly educational movie for both kids and adults.  Outside of that Cars sequel this is another link in the long chain of Pixar's legendary level of excellence.