Another great Pixar classic

Rating: 9/10 (19 June 2015)

I'm a moviegoer who loves seeing original ideas and original screenplay when watching films. For the past couple years it seems that Hollywood has lost much of its originality and is recycling the same tired movies, or morphing repeated novels into film. This is where Disney Pixar has gone above and beyond the rest. They continue to capture audiences around the world with every film they produce. The originality that lies within the studio goes unmatched by almost all. Pete Docter (director) has a wonderful imagination and an even better talent at transforming his imagination to the big screen.
About the movie: Cast: The characters are both memorable and easy to relate to. These emotions stir up in every one of us and it is very funny to look at human emotions through the eyes of Docter. The voices are a perfect match for each emotion as well. No one went too over the top and no one lagged behind the rest. Each character blended well into the film and made their mark in their own individual way. Even the films main characters, Riley and her family, were very easy to relate too. Growing up is hard and emotions (especially in young girls) can fly around like crazy. I feel that this is an aspect of the film many people can relate to, the hardships of growing up.
Plot: I will do my best to not give the movie away. It is an interesting story that I am still digesting as I write this review. I saw a pre-screening last night and have been thinking about the movie ever since. All of Riley's core emotions (joy, sadness, disgust, anger, and fear) all live in pretty much the control center of Riley's brain. They each help Riley form memories that shape her view on life and help her discover who she is as a person. For a reason I won't share with you, joy and sadness get separated from the control center and end up in Riley's long term memory space. They get separated at a really crucial point in Riley's life, her family moves from Minnesota to California which is a really hard move for Riley, without Joy (her once main emotion) controlling things Riley turns into a completely different person. Although Joy and Sadness are not present in the control center they can most certainly tell something is not right with their girl. The adventure to get back to help Riley is full of the two emotions that got lost in the first place, joy and sadness.
It is interesting that Pixar has these two emotions working together. I say this because I feel that these emotions are the secret of the studios success with all of their films. These are the two strongest emotions inside all of us, joy and sadness, and in each of their films they have an equal blend of both of these emotions that really capture the heart of the audience. As I think back to almost all the Pixar films I've seen they both had extremely sad parts that would most certainly bring tears to your eyes (Up, Toy Story films, Wall-E, Brave, etc) and equally funny, heartwarming parts that make us fall in love with the films. All I can say is, thank you Pixar for staying original and yet again capturing the hearts of all of those who dare to dream and still have a little imagination left inside of us.