Inside Out (2015)

After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.

Directors:

Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen (co-director)

Writers:

Pete Docter (original story by), Ronnie Del Carmen (original story by)

Stars:

Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black

Top Rated Movies #160 | Won 1 Oscar. Another 97 wins & 115 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amy Poehler	...	Joy (voice)
Phyllis Smith	...	Sadness (voice)
Richard Kind	...	Bing Bong (voice)
Bill Hader	...	Fear (voice)
Lewis Black	...	Anger (voice)
Mindy Kaling	...	Disgust (voice)
Kaitlyn Dias	...	Riley (voice)
Diane Lane	...	Mom (voice)
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Dad (voice)
Paula Poundstone	...	Forgetter Paula (voice)
Bobby Moynihan	...	Forgetter Bobby (voice)
Paula Pell	...	Dream Director / Mom's Anger / Additional Voices (voice)
Dave Goelz	...	Subconscious Guard Frank (voice)
Frank Oz	...	Subconscious Guard Dave (voice)
Josh Cooley	...	Jangles (voice)

Storyline

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

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Plot Keywords:

joy | sadness | memory | anger | running away | 

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Taglines:

Meet the little voices inside your head.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and some action

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Joy suggests to recall something funny, Sadness says, "Remember that funny movie where the dog dies?" This is a reference to a story-making tearjerker cliché of making a dog character die to force an emotional response without much effort she is also referring to Old Yeller in which the main character dies at the end.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, the newborn Riley sees her parents in full-color. Human infants are born color blind. The eyes' rods and cones (ergo, the ability to see color) don't fully form until about six months.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Joy: Do you ever look at someone and wonder, "What is going on inside their head?" Well, I know. Well, I know Riley's head.

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Crazy Credits

During the credits, the "inside" emotional workings/characters of several minor characters from the film are shown, including Riley's teacher, a bus driver, a dog and a cat.

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Alternate Versions

In some countries, the sport game the father is thinking about at the dinner table is football (soccer) instead of hockey.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Ed Burns/Richard Kind/Judy Blume/Abe Laboriel Jr. (2015)

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Soundtracks

Grim Grinning Ghosts (Otherworldly Concerto)
Written by Buddy Baker & Xavier Atencio
Performed by Gaylord Carter
Courtesy of Walt Disney Records

User Reviews

Beyond Words...

It's been nearly a year since I first saw this film. I would say I had pretty low knowledge in films before I first saw Inside Out (not to say that I'm highly intelligent on films now). I only saw about 200 films prior. I hadn't seen a lot of classic films or even know that film can be an art form just through its camera work among other aspects. So you could say that I can't speak for everyone on my views of this film. And you may be right because opinions are subjective anyway.

This is my favourite film ever.

Like I said above, I didn't see a lot of films that were deemed as masterpieces at that time. While I still have a lot more to see, I can say that I have caught up with many notable ones now. I've seen The Godfather. I've seen 2001: A Space Odyssey. I've seen Casablanca. I've seen The Shawshank Redemption. I've seen Pulp Fiction. I've seen Lawrence of Arabia.

Yet this is still my favourite film of all-time.

80 years from now, this won't change. I felt something extraordinary that will never be felt again. This to me, was a revelation. In honest words I've never experienced something like this before. Only because of Inside Out I was able to kick myself off of a serious depression I had for years, understand the meaning of feeling, feel sympathy to why people act the way they do, be interested in films. In fact, I went and watched the films I mentioned above because of Inside Out.

Ever since that late July of 2015 I had been compulsively obsessed with Inside Out to the point where I checked its Oscar chances, IMDb rating, Rotten Tomatoes rating and box office grosses to the point where I felt like I had to stop myself from doing as when seeing anything negative about it just makes feel let down and quite sad about it. It's still something that I'm trying to quit but obviously it's not going that well (ie. this review after one year of the film's release).

Inside Out taught me more about depression, empathy, importance of sorrow and interpersonal relationships than any books, talk shows, real-life stories or cat posters could ever dream of. It made me want to become a filmmaker because if this much craft and intelligence can be put in a film, then sign me up to the industry because I want to be a part of it. I don't want to talk about the story or the technical aspects of Inside Out because everyone has talked about it already.

In the course of less than ten months, I've see this film six times. That's more than any other film during the same period. It's a true testament to its strength and impact on me that's hardly ever going to fade away. I know this isn't the case for everybody. I keep trying to find anybody else who had the same experience as I did walking out of this film for the first time. I yielded only little results and although it brings me down a little since I don't really have anyone else to relate to, I keep telling myself, that no matter what happens to Inside Out in the future, whether its Rotten Tomatoes score or IMDb rating or its overall stature among the general public, whether it gets worse or better for it, this will always be favourite film of all-time. Nothing will change that and I have to let go of everybody else's opinion whether or not they had similar emotional experiences towards it.

You can vote "not helpful" on this review all you want (which seems to be a recurring case for all positive user reviews here.... I wonder why...) but it's not going to matter anyway. This is a beautiful film that will resonate in me always.

I will never forget Inside Out.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official Site [Spanish]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 June 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Untitled Pixar Movie That Takes You Inside the Mind

Filming Locations:

Pixar Animation Studios - 1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$175,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$90,440,272, 21 June 2015

Gross USA:

$356,921,711

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$858,071,350

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Atmos SDDS Dolby Surround 7.1 Auro 11.1

Color:

Color Color (Rec. 2020) (some scenes)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1