Produced by Pixar and Walt Disney, "Inside Out" delivers a powerful message about how mentally preoccupied humans, old and young, are and how emotions control a child's brain as typified by the 11-year-old Minnesota girl, Riley Anderson (Kaitlyn Dias).
The story of "Inside Out" revolves around Riley and how five busy emotions, namely Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), Sadness (Phyllis Smith) and Joy (Amy Poehler), control her brain. With a vital role to play, each emotion carries out duties in the little girl's neurological command center.
Riley has just moved from Minnesota to San Francisco with her parents (Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan). A failed hockey tryout and a rough day at school are among the negative things that made her feel sad, and whenever she appears to be down, her parents tell her, "Where's my happy girl?"
This is the part of the "Inside Out" story that shows how adults install to children's mind the defense mechanism of making it a duty to be cheerful when feeling psychologically down. Adults, as typified by Riley's parents, too, have too many things going on in their heads.
While it deals with emotions and how they affect the human mentality, "Inside Out" manages to keep it honest and undaunted without being cheaply mawkish as it examines life. The 3D computer-animated comedy film, with its emotional sensitivity, simple but sophisticated plot and outstanding visuals all combined, seems to be asking its audience one question, which is, "What really matters in your life?"
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