Read Our Inside Out 2015 Movie Review
The kids and I went to see this on the spur of the moment and when I looked at the characters on the posters I wasn’t sure if this movie was going to be more for very little people than my kids who are aged 8 to 12 at the time of seeing this.
The first five minutes of the movie, I spent laughing my head off and it felt like I was the only one in the cinema doing that, kind of like when we saw Lego Movie where I felt like the only people laughing in the cinema were the group of teenagers sitting next to us, and……me. Come on adults, where is your sense of humor? Simply, this movie was funny and gave the audience ample opportunities to laugh.
Aside from the high laugh factor, I loved the concept of this movie. This was truly an original concept for a kids movie and it will have your children thinking about the different parts of their mind and identifying with how we might function, as humans, from the inside out.
Summary Of Inside Out
Movie Details: 1hr 42min – Rated PG – Animation
Inside Out is about a family, their lives and in particular the daughter Riley and the emoticons in her brain. They appear like a judgement panel inside her head. These are portrayed as five characters; one is a red little square guy called ‘Ange;r, another is a optimistic young woman called ‘Joy’, then there is another little skinny character who is ‘Fear’, followed by the green colored glamour girl called ‘Disgust’ and lastly, ‘Sadness’ who is a pudgy girl who is, guess the color – blue! They all have different personalities based on who they are and they come into play depending on what Riley has going on in her life.
The havoc begins when the family moves house and things inside Riley’s brain don’t go as hoped. The characters inside Riley’s brain have to repair ‘neurons’ that are paths to happy places, such as the friendship land, the family land and others. As Riley becomes more depressed about the move, so things are thrown into disarray with ‘joy’ being almost lost. One important lesson is that ‘Joy’ cannot do her job without Sadness but she does not realise this until later in the movie. ‘Sadness’ still serves a purpose and we learn this through the story.
This is such a well executed script and there are bonus characters and ideas that I just didn’t see coming. I won’t tell you who and what they are as I would feel like I am giving away the punch lines.
On the whole, this is a great movie that we will definitely watch again on DVD. We were all nicely surprised that it wasn’t a toddler’s movie. Disney does such a great job these days of making movies entertaining across the ages that most times, when you go along as a parent, you really enjoy the entertainment. So, go see this movie. You won’t be disappointed.
Inside Out Movie Cast
As much as ‘Joy’ the character in Riley’s head sounded familiar to me, when I saw the cast, I have to say that none of them were actors or actresses I knew. Lewis Black plays Anger, Mindy Kaling plays Disgust, Amy Poehler plays Joy, Bill Hader plays Fear and Phyllis Smith plays Sadness. The voices of these actors were well cast for the characters.
Even though I didn’t know the people behind the characters, it did not detract from the movie. After all, if the voice captures the essence of what is being portrayed then that’s a win.
So, what did you think of the movie? Have you seen it or are you going to see it based on my review? Please comment below.