Well, I think that the film really got a couple of big ideas about emotions right. Let's start really broad: What did the film get right? Second was answering Pete's emails, which he literally still sends me to this day, where he asks me really specific science-based questions-like, what is joy, in terms of its physiology? Pete called me up like five years ago and said, "I want to talk to you about this idea for a movie all about emotion." My involvement really had a couple of different pieces: One was to visit Pixar and meet with Pete's core creative team and just talk about science, talk about what we know, talk about the brain, talk about expression. He was talking about other Pixar films and how they portray emotions. I was asked to be on a panel about expression with Paul Ekman. I met Pete Docter at an Association for Psychological Science conference seven or eight years ago. Rating: PG for mild thematic elements and some action.So take me to the beginning: How did you get involved with the making of Inside Out? Twitter: /goodyk.ĭirectors: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen.Ĭast: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind. Reach Goodykoontz at Facebook: /GoodyOnFilm. And you'll feel good about it for a long time.
With "Inside Out," the studio is back on that kind of hallowed ground. Of course, if it was done well and done right. Would a kid really care about a robot falling in love, for instance? But look at that and what came just before: "Up," "WALL-E" and "Ratatouille." Those are great films, one after the other - and they are risky films. Pixar hasn't made a great movie since "Toy Story 3" in 2010. Meanwhile Joy and Sadness bump into Bing Bong (Richard Kind), Riley's former imaginary friend, who proves especially helpful on the journey.
This is uncharted territory, for Riley and for Anger, Fear and Disgust - for Riley's parents (Diane Ladd and Kyle MacLachlan), as well. On the inside, Joy is no longer running the show. On the outside, Riley's home in San Francisco is in a sketchy part of town, the hockey team she tries out for isn't like the one in Minnesota, friends are harder to find. While they are on this unplanned tour, Riley slips into unhappiness and confusion. Along the way they encounter all sorts of twists and turns that play like a theme-park ride for kids and a why-you-feel-that-way primer for grown-ups. That's part of the genius at work here.) Without giving too much away, Joy and Sadness wind up on a journey throughout Riley's brain, away from the control center, to which they are trying to return. (Fear, Anger and Disgust all play important parts in Riley's life, as they do in everyone's, but they're very much supporting characters.)Īs if Riley's apprehension wasn't enough, things go awry inside her head. She is kind of meddlesome, though, the bracing tonic to Joy's non-stop happiness and optimism. She loves Riley as much as the rest of them, she just can't help herself. Sadness, in her own understated, self-deprecating way, is becoming more active. (In one great bit, workers toss out memories no longer in use, like the names of presidents or piano lessons, to make room for new ones.) The memories are color-coded, like the emotions themselves the majority are yellow, like Joy.īut the move to San Francisco doesn't go as smoothly as expected.
At the end of the day balls are generated that contain memories and are stored or, if they're particularly important, added as core memories. We get a quick tour of how all this works, and it's hilarious and wonderfully creative. All play a part in Riley's mental make-up, but for most of Riley's life, Joy has taken the lead. Inside her head, specifically, where Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black) and Disgust (Mindy Kaling) reside, working daily at a kind-of control panel that dictates Riley's moods. We know Riley is happy because we see her joy on the outside - and her Joy on the inside. The story centers on Riley (voice of Kaitlyn Dias), an 11-year-old girl growing up happily in Minnesota who has to move with her family to San Francisco because her dad got a new job. Because "Inside Out" is terrific, a mind-bending concept turned into a brilliant film, a return to form for Pixar not just in terms of quality but in taking risks - risks that pay off. And it will make you cry.Ĭan't wait to line up for tickets, huh? Who doesn't want to pay money to cry? The main characters are her emotions, only one of which involves happiness. "Inside Out" is a movie that takes place mostly inside the head of a girl - a confused girl going through big changes. You're just going to have to trust me on this.
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