Boring and unimaginative. Talk about a missed opportunity.

Rating: 2/10 (23 December 2015)

I was really looking forward to watching this movie, especially as there's increasingly open dialogue about mental health and psychology these days (yay!), but talk about a let down. I mean, what a let down.
Joy is simply annoying. I tried to think that perhaps the character was bossy and pushy to show that happiness always tries to prevail but I just wanted the character to die in that pit of forgetfulness.
And that's the best story the filmmakers could come up with? It's like they've run out of imagination! Maybe Pixar's problem is being part of Disney, which can churn out cookie-cutter movie after formulaic movie. I mean, you've got some of the best talent in the world and mountains of money, and yet you can't come up with a friggin' decent story!
For this movie, the makers could have made ANYTHING happen in the brain, which is in itself an endless container of possibilities, and yet they chose to have the two main emotions wander around lost in memory storage for most of the movie. Perhaps Imagination Land in the movie represents the imagination of the filmmakers: it's puny and boring - French fries, a house of cards, an imaginary boyfriend. The place looked like some desolate Vegas amusement park about to be shut down. It was depressing.
Then we start to see the parents' emotions but only a few times. You either do that consistently or you don't do it at all. And it seems adults would have more emotions than children. Anyway, it doesn't seem to make a difference. As an adult I couldn't be fooled by weakness of this movie, and I imagine kids would be bored and have no idea what's going on anyway.
Two stars for visuals!