Not as great as it could have been

Rating: 7/10 (4 November 2015)

Let me start by saying I am the queen of animated movies. My husband and I adore them (pretty much why I married the guy) and we rarely see movies in theaters so I'm extremely glad we waited for it to come out on DVD...because we were kinda let down by this one! I was so excited to see it, and maybe that was my own fault for having high expectations...but by no means did I NOT enjoy it, I just thought they could have done it wayy better.
First of all, the movie was seriously lacking in comedy. Half the reason why we love animated movies so much is cuz they usually make us laugh! Think Big Hero 6...DYING! And for a movie that has Lewis Black and Amy Poehler, it should have been littered with comedy gold. I think we chuckled, at best, about 4 times.
Don't get me wrong, it has all the feels...I was crying throughout the entire film. Not in a depressing way, but they definitely address emotional stages anyone that's had a traumatic event will immediately recognize and relate to. Having just gone through some pretty traumatic events in the past few weeks and diagnosed with PTSD because of it, my tear ducts were ready for battle.
Also, like some people stated, I feel like there are way more emotions than just those 5. I also didn't feel like disgust was truly an emotion...more of an opinion. But Disgust was actually the character I liked best, in the end.
In conclusion, I didn't outright dislike the movie by any means...I would totally watch it again, but it's not even close to my top favorites. Pixar has done way better and I hope they come out with a second one (one that addresses puberty, maybe?) and improve on themselves.