One of Pixar's Best Films

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2015)

Such a wonderful movie, very funny, exciting and affecting. The movie portrays a young girls emotions as competing creatures in her head, and it's wonderful how much it all makes sense. It's apparent that the movie took the premise very seriously and wanted to get it right - this is no Herman's Head (not that I have any problem with Herman's Head).
The movie does a beautiful job both in its simple framing story of a girl dealing with the disruption of her life and in the tale of her inner emotions and how they relate and sometimes misunderstand one another. This is of the standard of the best of Pixar, along with Up and Wall-E.
A number of people have posted that this movie is more for adults than kids - my girlfriend said the same thing - but I'm not sure if that's true. While it has a sophisticated view of emotion, it's not one that's hard to understand. The characters are relatable and the movie is fast and fun. And kids aren't quite as obtuse as people think. I don't have any kids though, so I'm just guessing that they might like it after all. Having had a traumatic move at age 6, I certainly would have related.