Inside Out
Uprooted from her life in the Midwest, Riley (Kaitlyn Dias), a young girl coming into her own is conflicted by the emotions personified in her head; there’s Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), and Disgust (Mindy Kaling). As it were, Joy and Sadness find themselves whisked to the depths of Riley’s mind by mistake, meanwhile Fear, Anger, and Disgust are left to run the show. Probing the depths of memories, Joy and Sadness are in desperate need to return to headquarters in order to prevent Riley from losing everything she stands for, it might even take the help of Riley’s old imaginary friend Bing Bong (Richard Kind). Will the two find success before Anger’s plan to build new core memories takes hold and imbalances the whole system?
Directed by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen, this fantastically simple look into the human psyche holds more truths than the average college Psych 101 course and delivers smart comedy the entire time, tough balance, but skillfully pulled off. Well plotted characters and clever insight into the workings of the human mind makes this breezy watch fly by with genuine high’s and well deserved lows. Totally worthy of your time, Inside Out is rated PG.