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Inside Out (2015)
Daniel's Review
Pixar, welcome back!
After a string of enjoyable films ‘Brave’ and ‘Monsters University’, and Pixar’s only misstep ‘Cars 2’, Pixar returns to its former glory since ‘Toy Story 3’, and after last year’s absence of a Pixar feature film; the first since 2005, Pixar returns back to its great ability of telling inventive ideas and turning them into great storytelling, and all of these features are present in the studio’s latest film ‘Inside Out’, directed and co-written by Pete Docter, director of Pixar's great features 'Up' and 'Monsters, Inc.'.
The story follows Riley’s emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear. These emotions make Riley, well Riley. But after Riley moves from her hometown of Minnesota to the city landscape of San Francisco, Riley’s emotions have a hard time in the new city, and along the way, embarks on a journey through Riley’s conscious mind.
‘Inside Out’ will make you wonder if your emotions act this way, as the film features inventive ideas and tells a great story throughout these emotions, which makes this film a successful experiment from Pixar.
The animation is spectacular, being colourful and fun, with most jokes delivering on laugh out loud results, ‘Inside Out’ is the perfect family animated film.
The characters are also a delight to watch, and are voiced incredibly well.
‘Inside Out’ will make you feel all five emotions throughout this “emotional” picture.
Score: 9.8/10
Published: June 29th, 2015
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Release Date: June 18th, 2015
Studio: Disney, Pixar
Runtime: 94 mins
Rated: PG
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Nic's Review
Pixar's films have always brought out the Joy and Sadness in all of us but with their 15th feature they've literally made them the main characters.
'Inside Out' is touching and heartfelt and clearly crafted with as much love as its characters have for the human girl they reside within. The film asks the question: what goes on inside a child's mind when their entire life is upended and their personality undergoes a dramatic shift? Quite a lot as it turns out. When Riley moves from her childhood home in Minnesota to the unfamiliar neighbourhood of San Francisco she struggles to connect with her new way of life, thanks to the ongoing conflict between Joy and Sadness in her mind that ultimately lead to the other emotions, Fear, Anger and Disgust being left in charge.
'Inside Out' is a complex film and, like 'The Incredibles' and 'Up' before it, one with as much depth for parents as there is excitement for children. Remarkably it juggles its many overlapping stories and themes without any of them feeling inorganic to the story or its characters, right down to the perfectly executed ending that packs an emotional punch while revealing a powerful message. Even though the stakes are the emotional wellbeing of an 11-year-old girl, 'Inside Out' feels as suspenseful and thrilling as any save-the-world blockbuster thanks to the vivid and dynamic world of the mind where the majority of the film takes place.
Joy and Sadness form the heart of the film and are wonderful characters in their own right, especially Joy, voiced with the necessary pizzazz by the hilariously upbeat Amy Poehler, who undergoes the powerful arc of the film.
'Inside Out' is a heap of fun too, of course, it's mental, it's imaginative beyond measure, but most of all it will forever change the way you perceive the way people think.
This is Pixar's best film since 'Toy Story 3' and 'Up' and easily goes toe-to-toe with each of them when it comes to quality.
'Inside Out' is a must-see adventure for adults and kids alike and it really will blow your mind.
Score: 9.6/10
Published: June 26th, 2015
Rob's Review
Oh what a feeling! Pixar’s latest animated movie ‘Inside Out’ directed by Pete Docter is a story that follows the feelings Anger, Sadness, Disgust, Joy and, Fear in 11 year-old Riley’s head as she makes the move from the mid-west to San Francisco.
Get ready to enjoy what you love the most about Pixar films, laugh out loud moments, along with scenes that can make a grown man cry (I did).
This movie has a lot of great aspects, first of which is the original idea, the story about our emotions in our head living/breathing emotions that act like real people add that with an interesting imaginative take on our brain and its process and you have ‘Inside Out’.
Another aspect I liked was the comedy in the movie; I loved that it was funny enough to keep me entertained throughout the movie and where able to make me laugh.
There are some aspects of this movie that I did not like, one of them being that a story plot device that has been used in every ‘pre-teen’ movie since the dawn of time (Riley decides to run away from home, and go back to the mid-west). This isn’t a major concern but I felt that with an original idea; like the emotions I felt a little disappointed that it was un-original.
This movie for me did not live up to the hype, that it had around it but with that being said it is an amazing movie, but it was missing something, I cannot accurately say what it was missing but for me something was.
Overall while this movie had some great moments, I did not enjoy myself as much as I thought I would; not being a huge Pixar fan this movie was good, but I was expecting something more.
I do however recommend going to see ‘Inside Out’ for some good entertainment these school holidays.
Score: 6/10