An absolute masterpiece- Pixar's best flick since the Toy Story series

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 2015)

*May contain spoilers* Pixar has done it again. After a few years of fluctuation in quality, Pixar has redefined what is possible in the art of animation. Inside Out, Pixar's 15th feature film, has combined the imagination the studio is renowned for, and a very real human quality- Emotion. Inside Out portrays an 11-year old girl, Riley Andersen(Kaitlyn Dias), along with her emotions, moving with her family from her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota to San Francisco. Riley's emotions, Joy(Amy Poehler), Sadness(Phyllis Smith), Disgust(Mindy Kaling), Anger(Lewis Black- A big fan already!) and Fear(Bill Hader) , keep Riley in check during these times using a console board that controls Riley. Sadness, seen as a nuisance usually by all the other emotions accidentally touches a memory contained in an orb, that was happy, turning it sad, and causing Riley to get upset in her new school. Chaos ensues as Joy tries to salvage Riley's core memories,each one powers a different aspect of her personality, and unfortunately, the core memories, along with Joy and Sadness, gets sucked out to the Long Term Memory.
Meanwhile, the remaining emotions try to manage Riley in the absence of Joy and Sadness, causing her personality to gradually fail.
Joy and Sadness, lost in the Long Term Memory, meet Bing Bong (Richard Kind), Riley's long forgotten imaginary friend. Bing Bong yearns to be remembered by Riley, and he agrees to direct the two emotions back to HeadQuarters, by riding the Train of Thought.
Not all goes to plan, after traversing through Disneyland-like areas of Riley's mind, they eventually catch the train, however, the track collapses when one of Riley's personality islands disintegrates, which results in Joy and Bing Bong falling into the memory dump, a limbo of forgotten memories.She comes across a memory, which depicts a sad Riley seeking comfort from her parents after losing a game of hockey. She realises Sadness' true purpose- To alert others when Riley needs a helping hand. Joy finds Bing Bong's song-powered rocket, and she eventually finds her way back to HeadQuarters with Sadness, only to find that the other emotions instilled the idea to run away to Minnesota to restore happy core memories. All of her personality islands have collapsed and the console had locked up, rendering Riley apathetic.
Sadness is the only one who can remove the idea, and she takes control of the console, restoring control and causing Riley to return to her parents.
Overall, Inside Out is one of the finest pictures to come out of Pixar, It will make you laugh, it will jerk tears even from the toughest of folk, it has a rock-solid storyline and a realistic, but charming animation style- using particles rather that skin-and-bone 3D animation for the emotions and a cold, steely look for San Francisco. It conveys its message in an ingenious, fun and a very relatable way. Inside Out may be classed as family film, but there is a lot of quite complex concepts such as depression, apathy, personality, running away, and memory, things that young kids simply can't understand, however, this film will please adults, teenagers and Pixar fans alike. This is definitely a film worthy to be called an instant classic and I guarantee that this film will make you think, and question "What is going on inside their head?"
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