Inside Out (I) (2015)

8.1/10 by 1926 users

After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.

Storyline

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, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. 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.

User Reviews

Sometimes things are overrated - that is just a fact of life I suppose, but in this case we have a special exception. The over-rate-o-meter is broken and that must be why no one can tell how overrated it is.

Having heard some oozing reviews on the radio and online, with statements like "return to form for Pixar" and "leaving the disappointment of Brave behind", I was expecting something spectacular. All I can say is... wow.

Brave is several factors of infinity better than this film. Brave has a plot, it has some comedy, it has nice songs and music - it has some characters and the characters have some fire.

In contrast Inside Out relies on one thing and one thing only - anecdotes. Everything hinges on a cheap emotional connection to the various events in life that everyone experiences. The "actual" film itself has a weak, scattered and infuriating plot-line pasted together from random sketches. Sadness and Joy are both equally annoying - and theyare the main characters! The characters are all one-dimensional and there are very few of them. There is no memorable music, there are no memorable quotes, the comedy - well there really isn't any to speak of. The only ray of light in the whole thing is the buildup and end to "put the foot down" and it isn't mind blowing, it's just a chuckle.

Now, is Frozen overrated? Yes, of course it is, but again at LEAST is has a powerful main song and some interesting characters to merit it's following.

Despite all of the "glowing" reviews and comments here on IMDb and elsewhere, I defy anyone to come up with a single quote, a single piece of music, a single character from this film that merits the enthusiasm.

Release Date	:	Jun 19, 2015
Runtime	:	94 minutes
Genres	:	Comedy, Animation, Family
Production Company	:	Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Production Countries	:	United States of America
Casts	:	Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader, Lewis Black,Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Paula Poundstone, Bobby Moynihan
Plot Keywords	:	dream, imaginary friend, unicorn, duringcreditsstinger, pixar animated film, walt disney, family relations, cartoon, 3d