September-2015

Film Review
PG 94 minutes
Who’d have thought that one animation could
provoke so much laughter, so many tears and
such a vast array of splendid imagination?
Inside Out is one of Pixar’s most creative inventions yet, engaging both the younger
and older audiences alike. It tells the story of a world where minds are controlled by
personified emotions; joy, sadness, anger, fear and disgust, and follows the emotional
rollercoaster of a young, ordinary girl called Riley, whose life in the American Midwest is
turned upside down when her dad announces he has a new job in San Francisco.
These emotions decipher Riley’s own emotial state, with Joy doing everything in her
positive power to make every memory a happy one. However, as nothing ever goes to
plan, Sadness literally gets in the way of Joy, forcing the most significant and essential
feelings to get lost in the depth of Riley’s mind, leaving anger, fear and disgust alone in
the forefront.
Inside Out is definitely the animation to watch this year and can be ranked alongside
Pixar’s most loved films such as Toy Story, Finding
Nemo and Monsters, Inc.
By Megan Parker
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