Justin and I saw Inside Out on June 25, 2015!! This was such an excellent animated movie. Inside Out looks at the emotions and memories inside of us. It was an interesting concept that worked really well. I consider this to be one of the best animated movies ever made. Each year I seem to find an animated movie that enters my all time favorites. This joins Wreck It Ralph and Big Hero 6 as one of my personal favorites.
The movie primarily focuses on the memories of a young girl named Riley. Like all of us she experiences emotions such as joy, sadness, anger, fear, and disgust. The voice actors of Amy Poehler (Joy), Phyllis Smith (Sadness), Lewis Black (Anger), Bill Hader (Fear), and Mindy Kaling (Disgust) all felt natural in their roles. The animation for each character makes the audience imagine what we think an emotion might physically look like if we could see it. I think the animation perfectly captured that. The looks of the characters mixed with the voice overs from the actors and actresses gave a great personality to the core of the movie.
Following Riley's journey from Minnesota to San Francisco through the eyes of the emotions inside our heads was amazing to watch. The memory balls, personality islands, imagination land, abstract zone, etc all were entertaining pieces of the movie that kept the movie interesting and moving at a fast pace. While we see Riley and her parents experience emotions, we also witness how the emotions deal with them. Each of the emotions also embarks on their own journeys.
My favorite part of the movie was watching Joy and Sadness's story arc. We see how important each emotion is. It stresses the importance of family, friendship, and teamwork throughout the movie. I love the interaction between Poehler's Joy and Smith's Sadness. While Anger, Fear, and Disgust are part of the emotional spectrum, Joy and Sadness are core pieces of the puzzle. The realization of how important Sadness is through the eyes of Joy was a really emotional part. You can't experience one emotion all the time. It's not natural. That's one of the major things explored here. Everyone will experience a mix of emotions. We see this through physical manifestations of the emotion characters and the human characters.
The amazing use of color, the intriguing plot, the different parts of the world created inside Riley's head, the voice actors, allowing yourself to experience certain emotions, and core values of family, friendship, and teamwork make this one of the best animated movies I've ever seen as well as one of the very best movies of 2015. I encourage everybody to see this movie. Audiences both young and old will enjoy this. I feel it has more themes for adults to enjoy. Younger audiences will love the look of the characters and the awesome pieces of Riley's mind. Adults will enjoy the journey of the characters, the intriguing story, and the emotional elements of the movie. I am in the middle as I loved the journey & plot as well as the amazing personality islands and little twists and turns characters experience inside Riley's head. If you couldn't figure it out, this movie definitely gets a 5/5 Amazing work Pixar!! This definitely should win Best Animated Movie at the Golden Globes and the Oscars this year. It truly deserves it!!
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