The heart of any Pixar film is emotion, and even though this a film that turns complex emotions into cartoon characters the feelings here are very real and relatable. The film highlights Riley's struggles to adapt to life in a new town, and dealing with happy, formative memories suddenly becoming sad ones. Where so many other films would fall into a trap of becoming maudlin or heavy-handed,handles this with the trademark Pixar velvet touch and brings a very real tear to the eye of even the most cynical viewer. If there is a complaint to be had, it's thattakes a tad bit long to really get going, but is a wonderful experience once it does.