Don't Grow Up

Rating: 7/10 (19 June 2015)

I saw "Inside Out", starring the voices of Amy Poehler-Parks and Recreation_tv, Blades of Glory; Bill Hader-SNL_tv, Men in Black 3; Lewis Black-The Daily Show_tv, Hannah and Her Sisters and Kaitlyn Dias-The Shifting, Burial.
This is a Pixar animated movie that takes a look at the emotions of a teenaged girl-actually, I think she was 11 years old, if I remember correctly. It's directed by Pete Docter, the director of Up & Monsters, Inc. and he was also the writer of Up, Wall-E, Monsters, Inc. and Toy Story 1 & 2-Not too shabby for a resume'. He said that he got the idea for the movie from watching his own teenaged daughter and wondering what was going on in her mind. I don't know if that is true or not but I seem to remember an old TV show called Herman's Head that had a similar idea, although he was a business young adult instead of a young girl. Anyway, the premise of the movie is that we get to take a look inside the mind of Kaitlyn, an 11 year old girl. Some of her emotions consist of Amy as Joy, Bill as Fear and Lewis as Anger. I think there were a total of 5 emotions portrayed-sadness and disgust were the other 2-and the emotions use glass balls to hold Kaitlyn's memories and store them in a command center. The problems start when Kaitlyn's parents decide to move from Minnesota to San Francisco because of a job opportunity for dad. Kaitlyn takes it the hardest; new house, new school, new friends, etc. and things get a little complicated after an accident in emotion central. I liked how they would show the maintenance people in her mind whose job was to get rid of unused thoughts- if they haven't been used in a while, out they go. It has enough going on that should keep both adults and kids entertained. FYI:There is a scene as the credits start but the only thing at the very end is a little written piece of advice saying something like; Dedicated to Our Children. Don't Grow Up. Ever. It's rated "PG" for some action and thematic elements and has a running time of 1 hour & 34 minutes. I really liked it and would buy it on Blu-Ray.