Movie Review - Inside Out 2

 

I guess a sequel to the first makes sense here. I mean, for the most part, this franchise is all about the subject of growing up and with that, comes new and strange emotions that may or may not overpower the emotions you may already have. Still, it's good to see Disney back on form again, giving us things that we like and hopefully will do much better than their jam packed 100th year which was way too many expensive things released all at once with no breathing room in between. I have banged on about it enough both here and on YouTube, so let's see if this truly is Disney back on form with the animation company that quite recently said no to any of their films being turned into live action remakes (and good on them for saying because we don't need remakes to things that are good just the way they are):

The film, set 2 years after the first one, sees a now 13-year-old Riley (this time voiced by Kensington Tallman) at the stage of joining high school. Upon realizing that her friends are not going to the same school as her, she and they spend one last weekend together at hockey camp. As she comes to terms with that, new emotions enter her mind with the intention of changing things and being at odds with the original 5 emotions, who all set out to prevent Riley from changing for the worse. But then, maybe change isn't what she wants, but that is for her to decide.

New voice cast for some of the characters aside (which I actually didn't notice and don't mind too much), this proves to be another one of those sequels that builds upon the original and gives us a similar story, but with a number of differences. One being that its not just Joy (reprised by Amy Poehler) and Sadness (reprised by Phyllis Smith) that the film mainly focuses on this time around. The animation is fantastic as always, especially in moments where different animation is used. The story is very similar to the first film, but still does well in making things a little different. Plus once again and pardon the pun, I did get a little emotional as it carried on which Pixar are usually very good at doing and its a good sign when that happens. So yeah, overall a pretty solid Disney and Pixar film, if only they didn't miss the trick and call it Outside In. Oh well! 8.5/10