Not what you expect...

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2015)

Firstly, this movie is not full of yuks like the RT critics led you to believe.
This, however, is a smart, tragic and very dark look at what growing up means.
There is no feel-good to this movie, it's a feel-bad movie. When I got out my emotions had been through the rinse cycle and I'm still drying them out. But that's *okay*.
In the beginning, you feel awe for the good stuff and then bad thing after bad thing happens. You try to find Joy, but Sadness keeps getting in the way. When these tiny emotions peer out of Riley's eyes, they're as unsure as she is. Because they *are* her. Little by little you start to feel connected with them. This is a very big story on such a very small scale.
Tissues are a must, I had tears thick in my eyes, my breath hitched in my throat (out of embarrassment) and I was literally having snot coming out of my nose... it was so good-sad.
The movie didn't drag for me at all; I really did find myself thoroughly enjoying a Pixar film from start to finish. Whereas I only really loved the first 9 minutes of Up or bits and pieces of Ratatouille, for the first time ever, I adored this movie from start-to-finish.
Ensadness people! :(