My son is two years old and my wife and I decided it will be a good idea on a random Saturday afternoon to take him to go see “Inside Out”. His first movie theater experience. That was one of the best ideas of our lives! No one could have planned a better movie to watch with your calm and pleasant toddler. Parents and film critics will both agree that this film is entertaining, lovable, and full of wonders to get you thinking about how the brain works. This film will get you feeling every emotion possible. That’s a lot for a movie to do, but it does it!
Joy, (Amy Poehler) one of the five emotions inside a pre-teen girl’s head named Riley, sets out on an adventure to try to stop the pre-teen from making life-altering mistakes. She tries to keep all of the other emotions calm, but emotions tend to get the better of her. Literally! It’s really funny how that happens. Everything Joy does affects the pacing, and everything in this film affects our own emotions. I sound like a broken record, and I don’t care. This film is a huge success with getting us to laugh and cry at the right and appropriate moments. Pixar! You always do that to me!
This next paragraph is a spoiler. Beware! Bing Bong (Richard Kind) comes into the plot halfway into the film and plays a pivotal role in helping Joy in her journey to save Riley. Bing Bong plays the imaginary friend who is part elephant and part cotton candy who is the happiest and silliest creature known to man. But his grit comes into play when he sacrifices himself so Joy can succeed in her mission. What makes “Inside Out” so moving and hits the heart big time is that Bing Bong doesn’t come back. His sacrifice is permanent, which makes this movie feel all the more real.
Inside out is real enough to love over and over again. And my son will watch it over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. And I will too.
“Inside Out”
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