Inside out: a tale of growing up

Rating: 8/10 (15 November 2015)

I'll have to agree that this film was over-hyped. I was expecting it to be as amazing as Minions or Finding Nemo, but that's not to say it's bad either. Inside Out has the perfect balance of comedy, emotion and intelligence - yes that's right, this is a truly intelligent movie. It's stocked with metaphors and is pretty deep for a kid's movie. I read that one of the "goofs" was that Fear tried to get sucked out of the same tube that Joy and Sadness got taken away in and it failed. Personally, I didn't see that as a goof, but it was purposeful. All the events that happen inside Riley's mind have a purpose - joy and sadness get lost, leaving emotions like Fear, Anger and Disgust take over. Natural feelings that anyone would have in a new city, with no new friends, at the young, precarious age of 11.
At the end of the day, you can look at this film from a few perspectives, but I think it's a story about coming of age. It's about learning to accept that as you get older, things become more complicated, and feelings of joy, sadness, fear, anger and disgust cannot be isolated feelings like when you're a child... they can be integrated, and compliment each other. Sometimes it takes sadness to feel happiness.
I don't think this is Pixar's best, but it's still a really good movie. A great watch for all ages.