Greatly crafted!

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2019)

This is a great story in every sense. The world building was complicated, given the number of details and elements they had to establish. However, the work they did was magnificent. The plot is flawless, with every event logically provoking the next one, and every solution to problems having been set up in earlier scenes. The characters are, all of them, endearing. The empathy is built masterfully, and I found myself highly stressed after the islands began to fall. I was worried for Joy and the other guys, but mostly for Riley. She's not the hero of the story by no means, but having her represent and innocent victim of the struggles of the emotions is great and really made, at least me, more engaged in the story and the stakes. These elements made me struggle not to let a tear out at certain points of the movie, like when Bing Bong sacrifices himself or when Riley reunites with her family. This is a very relatable movie, we were all 11 after all, and is one of Pixar's best.