![]() ![]() ![]() Hang tight, because there's a lot more going on inside Riley's, and this film's, wonderfully warped mind. They work in "Headquarters," a giant control room (think the Bridge on Star Trek) with buttons and switches to control Riley's actions, and their work produces the girl's hard-earned memories, which take the form of colorful glowing orbs that replay moments on a continuous loop, like GIFs in a snow globe. There's Joy (Amy Poehler), a Tinkerbell-ish golden girl who only wants to keep her host happy Sadness (Phyllis Smith), a hunched-over, turtlenecked moaner who seems to turn Riley's memories as blue as she is and their three coworkers, high-strung Fear (Bill Hader), posh Disgust (Mindy Kaling), and Anger (Lewis Black in the role he was born to play), so hotheaded he shoots fire from his noggin when he boils over. What do emotions look like? Turns out they look like Disney cartoons: brightly colored sprites with effervescent shimmering skin, as though ready to burst at any moment. From the beginning, directors Pete Docter ( Up) and Ronaldo Del Carmen plunge us inside her mind to meet her emotions firsthand-the true heroes. In fact, we know her better than we've known any character in film history. The horrors of adolescence aren't making these changes any easier to stomach, as all survivors of that traumatic era can attest. Now her dad is moving the family to San Francisco, where she knows no one at school, her parents are suddenly too busy for her, and hipster chefs have ruined pizza by slapping broccoli on top. In her early childhood in Minnesota, Riley was living the dream: hyper-attentive parents, good friends, and youth hockey stardom. Enter 11-year-old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias), who seems to be the film's hero but is in fact the. When we're lucky, though, sadness can also bring joy, and Inside Out is joyous indeed. ![]()
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