An Enchanting Film About Growing Up

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2015)

For being a Pixar movie, the least to expect is a visual that is mesmerizing to look at. Inside Out doesn't disappoint, in this regard is spectacular. With a dazzling visual along with bringing to life such charismatic and beautiful characters, Inside Out turns out to be a wonderful movie. Each emotion is unique and the film makes sure of it by making them have different personalities, the distinctive ways that each emotion makes you smile and their singular and vibrant color skin. Each one has their role and relevance with no need to overshadow the others. Just with the visual, this movie already stands out, but, beyond that, Pixar delivers one of the best stories of its productions, this original and bold plot kept me on the edge of my seat for being so emotional and involving. It takes place in the mind of a 11-year girl named Riley who is suffering big changes in her life. Inside her head, five emotions are managing the control center, Joy, Fear, Sadness, Disgust and Anger. Each feeling has at least one shining and incredible moment.
They got right regarding the choice for the characters' voices, specially for the emotions, as each voice enhanced the different temperament making them much more remarkable and special. Lewis Black as Anger is hilarious, his voice bring a sarcasm and acid humor. Joy has the voice of Amy Poehler , a cheerful voice with positive thoughts and always trying to see the bright side of the situation. By the voice of Bill Hader, Fear is that insecure and cautious guy that thinks over and over again before doing it. Mindy Kaling gives Disgust a voice of a bitter girl and that seems to doesn't care too much about others think as well as creating Riley's tastes. Sadness has the voice of Phyllis Smith and she is presumably has no desire to achieve something and always depressive, but the innovation was not make her a villain, instead, learning to live with it and the mixture of this emotions and so many others is what make us grow up as happenings and experiences happen in our life.
The story is very captivating and intelligent, it made me laugh a lot of times and it was not always silly and childish jokes, identify myself in what was going on in the film and even made me cry much due to Bing Bong, Riley's imaginary friend. The most incredible is that Inside Out doesn't have necessarily has a focus in the younger audience. The children may not understand or perceive some subtleties, but they will love the characters' journey. The older viewers might as well board the adventure and have fun, besides, will recognize the nuances and messages that the picture is talking about. Given that the film uses a lot of psychology to explain the process of maturing, of course beneath all the glowing sceneries and colorful characters, but there's no doubt about the symbolisms in it. In the end, Inside Out is a fantastic movie with a outstanding visual and touching message. I don't know if it's going to win, but surely this movie will in the 2016 Oscar.