Inside Out

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.

Directors:Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen

Writers:Pete Docter (original story by), Ronnie Del Carmen (original story by)

Stars:Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black 

 

 

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

Up there with the very best of Pixar, this clever family film is entertaining and affecting for everyone from young kiddies to grandparents. Centred on an 11-year-old girl's internal struggle between joy and sadness, with a bit of anger, fear and disgust thrown in for good measure, this gorgeously animated effort is sweet, smart and often hilarious. Anyone who manages not to be swept up in the bundle of melancholic sweetness of Sadness has a heart of stone. It took Pixar years to fully realise their physical interpretation of a human's inner workings, and the enormous amount of time, effort and thought they dedicated to it was worth every second.