I don't know exactly why

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2018)

This isn't the most epic of Pixar titles. Neither is it the most beautifully animated. The storyline is flawed and some times hard to follow. Logic, there is non - though I believe this was the author's intention to highlight the quirks of the mind.
Yet it is one of the few movies that really move me. For some reason I cry every time I see it. I share the protagonist's experience of moving to a whole new place, changing schools and losing friends. But other movies that tell this story don't move me this way. Some how the author reaches into my deepest nostalgic emotions and pull them out. As soon as I pause the film I stop crying and wonder what the hell I'm doing, only to start again as soon as I return to watch again.
I really can't explain what this movie does so well, but it's touched this heart of stone. And even made me write a review about it. Truly one of those movies where the sums are greater than the parts. I don't think its particularly entertaining, beautiful or mesmerising for children. But way above other animated films, it nails the depth that make all Pixar's films so appealing to adults. (Except Cars. That's a terrible franchise.)