In 2009, Up was one of the most exciting, enjoyable and profound movies I had ever seen, certainly the best Pixar movie. So dense with ingenious design, hilarious humor, and effortless charm. Up was and still stands to be more exciting, funny, and emotionally stirring than most movies, let alone western animated film. I was entirely convinced that Up would stand as

Pixar’s opus, the perfect film, so rich and complete on every level that it almost had to have been the god-creation of divine circumstance and not something that could be recreated.

Inside Out is a triumph, an instant classic and a culmination of Pixar’s development as a film studio. Inside Out is gorgeous, everything is wonderfully designed from the characters to the intricately created inner workings of the main character’s mind pops and has a sense of timeless humanity to it. The voice work is sublime and gives life to the personified emotions, stand outs being Amy Poehler as Joy, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, and Mindy Kaling as Disgust. Its wonderful seeing some of the US Office pantheon return, and some of the hardest hitting story beats weigh heavily on their performances, which they deliver with stunning range and clarity. Its great to see a female lead, if only to dispel the notion that Pixar movies succeed specifically because they are male centered movies based on male centered heart aches, such as the father-son dynamic etc etc ed-nassau. I think this is a specifically dumb false correlation and its great to see Amy and Phyllis in an unconventional show-stealing role.

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A common notion amongst people whom have seen the film is that it is incredibly sad. But the greatest strength of Pixar film is that they give life to pixels, they establish affectionate, likeable, and relatable characters, a feat that most studios stumble with in real flesh and blood film. Its not that the situations make you cry but the movie has you become so invested with it that you have an intimate understanding within the motivations of the characters. Although literally nothing will be as moving as the first 10 minutes of Up, Inside Out hits some strong story beats and you’ll probably at least feel the lump in the throat, which should speak loudly about the strength of an empirically children’s focused film.

Inside out is brilliant, hilarious, and deeply moving. It calls upon difficult themes with narrative heft and maturity whilst still being affectionate and soft as needed for a Disney-Pixar film for kids. It is filled with incredible moments of joy while still being lucid enough to understand the necessity of sadness and conflict. The only criticism I can levy onto this masterpiece is that the animated short before the film is awful.

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