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You know, I'm a man who enjoys his animated movies. Er, or maybe you didn't know...
Anyway! I've been watching animated movies for a long time now. Basically, I've been watching animated movies for as long as I can remember! The Great Mouse Detective, Mulan, Shrek, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Toy Story... The list of my personal favorites goes on and on.
That being said, Pixar routinely releases great animated movies. Pixar always brings me to a place of child-like wonder in my mind. How could they not? After such classics as Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and Monster's Inc., I was fully prepared, as a child, to believe there were entire worlds inside our own that we were unaware existed.
And let me just say, Inside Out reminded me of that child-like wonder.
Before I give my official verdict, if you haven't already deduced it, I'll give you a quick rundown of what Inside Out's all about. Avoiding spoilers, of course.
Inside Out centers around 11-year-old Riley and the emotions in her head. Specifically, Joy and Sadness are our star emotions, accompanied by Anger, Disgust, and Fear, all of whom exhibit the emotions they represent.
Riley has lived a mostly happy life in Minnesota, forming almost entirely happy memories of playing hockey, making friends, and bonding with family. That is, until moving day.
Riley and her parents pack up and move to California, apparently for work-related reasons, and everything changes. Away from Minnesota and her friends, Riley begins to experience Anger, Disgust, and Fear with increased regularity. The situation becomes even more dire as Sadness begins affecting existing memories, turning happy ones into sad ones.
These memories are represented by luminescent spheres. Particularly bright spheres represent Riley's Core Memories that make up her personality.
During a particularly bad experience at school, Riley forms a sad Core Memory, which Joy tries to prevent from entering Riley's memory bank, which results in Joy and Sadness getting whisked away from Headquarters and into Long-term Memory, taking with them Riley's Core Memories.
This results in a frantic attempt to get Riley's emotions back in order. And let me tell you, it's an adventure.
Just in case you're thinking this all sounds "girly", what with the emotions and what not, let me put your minds at ease. Inside Out is a fun and touching family-friendly animated film for all ages and sexes.
All-in-all, I enjoyed Inside Out. I imagine it's a great way to open up a dialogue between children and parents on dealing with emotions, but as a 21-year-old not-a-parent I didn't focus on that much. I enjoyed the animation, the voice-acting was fantastic, and the story may very well be classic worthy.
The verdict? Inside Out receives my whole-hearted recommendation and a score of 5/5. See it in theaters with your family or get gooey-eyed emotional with your friends and buy it after release. But whatever you do, find some way to enjoy this movie.
I want to thank you for reading my review of Inside Out, I hope you enJoyed it (see what I did there?)! If you did, you can read my review of Tomorrowland here.
How I Score (out of 5):
0 ~ Didn't finish watching, it was so bad.
1 ~ Terrible. DO NOT WATCH
2 ~ Bad. Not recommended.
3 ~ It's ok. I guess. Eh.
4 ~ Good movie. Worth renting.
5 ~ Great movie! Own that thang!
6 ~ My personal "Hall of Fame".
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