The most moving and funny Pixar film in a long time.

Rating: 9/10 (5 July 2015)

Going into this film I really didn't know what to expect from it. The trailers had given me a basic idea of the plot, a girl and her emotions, but other than that I really had no idea what it would be about or how they could make 94 minutes of content with such a simple idea. However, having now watched the film I can look back on those thoughts and laugh at how wrong I was. Inside Out is just overflowing with brilliance, and I would honestly consider it to be in my top 3 Pixar movies, slowly creeping closer to my number one every passing day.
The basic plot follows an 11 year old girl called Riley who is going through a tough time as she is forced to move away from her home and set up a new life in a different state. We see how she feels about her situation through five personified emotions, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger who make her feel certain emotions from a control panel in her brain. Joy tries her best to make Riley feel happy but due to her situation Sadness begins to have more of an affect on Riley's outlook. Joy and Sadness eventually get lost inside Riley's mind leaving the other three emotions to try and work things out themselves.
While the plot of the movie may seem a little simple it's actually extremely fun to see Joy and Sadness navigate their way through different parts of Riley's brain whether it be her imagination or her abstract thought, it makes every part of the movie seem new and exciting and overall makes the adventure all the more enjoyable. Every actor in the movie is absolutely spot on, particularly Bill Hader as Fear and Lewis Black as Anger, they all bring a certain charm to each individual emotion and their comedic timing makes the jokes hilarious and memorable.
Insides Out script is also extremely well written, the comedy is well timed, relevant and intelligent, making way for classic kids comedy as well as implementing old school laughs as well (There is even a Chinatown reference in this movie!) However, the real magic in this script is in its emotional themes. Pixar is not new to writing emotionally powerful scenes, but Inside Out takes it a step farther. The movie deals with growing up in an almost poetic way, showing how we let go of our childhood in our minds in order to accept the adult reality around us. The film shows how every kid feels when they realise it's time to grow up and how it can be difficult to let our childhood slip away but also necessary to let some of the more grown up things be a part of us, and ultimately make us a better person.
All in all, Inside Out is a step in the right direction for Pixar and movies as a whole. The acting is perfect, the script is genius, the animation is beautiful and the themes are powerful. If you see one movie this year make it Inside Out, you'll cry with laughter one minute then sob your eyes out the next. It may seem cheesy but this movie really is an emotional journey and by the end you will be thinking to yourself: "I wonder what the emotions in MY head are like?" I guarantee it.