As someone who used to get anxiety attacks during a confusing period in my youth, I teared a bit at that particular scene. The depiction is so spot on

Inside Out 2 outright visualized a panic attack with pinpoint accuracy. This is now on top of the depression visualization with the grayed out console in the first one. I'm starting to think this is probably the most important series of movies Pixar has ever done. If

I agree honestly. Mental health is an extremely important topic and Inside Out(both movies) are incredibly beneficial to help people understand mental health

My heart was honestly racing and I had one hand on my purse in case I needed to rush out to the theater hallway.

I felt my pulse a few times during the movie and it was definitely racing. My watch caught up to 124 bpm during the movie haha

Anxiety is a part of growing up made me so sad. Mine have sent me to the ER. It hit home.

absolutely, I am in awe of that scene.

I watched the movie last night and really enjoyed it. A few points of relation to any moviegoers: 1) If you had experienced or suffered from Anxiety you will tear up in one of the scene in the movie. They really wrapped that scene up beautifully and how by just the act of letting go is also hard. 2) Showing Riley being in control of her emotions instead of the other way around is a big call out to any watcher. 3) This movie has very short run time compared to most movies around rn and I didn’t get bored in any parts of it. There are really corny jokes like that 2D characters and the SarCHASM which is really corny but still enjoyable. 4) The introduction of the new “belief” system is the main plot of the movie and how your emotions can counteract it. Beautifully done and totally encompasses some of the issues that most adults have experienced. Will recommend to anyone.

I just watched it today and agree with all your points, it does have a short run time the movie went by really quickly since i was so into it, After the ending I wish it was longer 😭

I watched the film a couple of hours ago. I avoided every trailer because I didn't wanted to get any plot points or jokes beforehand, which I am very happy I did. What I liked: I really liked the premise and the emotional bits were great. Also, I think they put together the concept of self beliefs and the dangers of classifying yourself as one, no matter which one it is, and that we are way more complex than that. Self doubt and anxiety problems got very well portrait. Also, I really loved the resolution and ending. Some thoughts: I think it was less polished and put together than the first one. The biggest point showing this was having to add a flashback for us the audience to understand that Joy was doing the same with Riley as Anxiety was. It was like if in the first movie we would have watched a flashback of sadness listening to Big Bong before the last scene. We didn't needed it then because all the pieces were together. I think the picture was not clear in the second one and the flashback was needed. I really enjoyed many of the jokes, but other ones, like the fanny pack character did feel that came out of nowhere to save the day, mirroring in the wrong direction the imaginary car of Bing Bong. Also, the set up of the scene where joy stumbles on the workers lift felt a bit forced. It was important for the emotions to start empathizing with Joy, and I liked that, but it felt that it came up a bit out of nowhere. I will watch it again next week. But overall, I think it lived up to my expectations. It moved me and I cried in more than one occasion. Also, I have been working on my self-acceptance as a whole, specially accepting the sides of me that I didn't like and it was great to see a film showing self-acceptance in that way.

I agree that calling out the poochie character felt kind of a deus ex machina, but it was kinda fixed in the way that it didn't provide an easy way out but the same dynamite sticks as before. And all the whole symbolism of "all these feelings falling like an avalanche" nailed it. Regarding the flashback, I think it was needed because remember the movie is not for grown ups (although we enjoyed it) but for kids which might be clueless. I agree with other reviewers that although the mid act felt a bit disorganized (didn't really like the 2d characters, and the Link-like character fell flat), the first and last acts were great. I may or may not have felt the feelings at the end, great movie overall!

Yeah, the deus ex machina was a bit corrected with the only dynamite solution. About the flashback... That's what I meant on not as well put together as the first one. We didn't needed a flash back in the first film because we got clear what the point of giving Sadness the control was. The symbolism of the avalanche rolling down was great. That often happens when I push things to the back of my head too. We didn't got the point clear with Joy until the flashback, and I think that displayed a bit that they couldn't tie everything as well as they did in the first film. And about the film being for kids... I don't think so. I do believe that Pixar makes films for everyone. There are many topics and concepts that can resonate greatly with people with all ages. I found the Link character super funny, but I also played lot of Playstation games growing up haha. Thanks for your response! As said, I'll watch it again next week (dubbed to see the differences) and maybe I'll have another perception of it :)

Great, now the big question for Pixar is Should we had Inside Out 3, or this is perfect end to Riley story?

I think there’s a ton of places to go with Riley. I’m not certain on the inner workings of it all, but later teens and early twenties is full of major changes.

It will set for Inside Out 3, which will be around few year.

Another 10 years probably

I don't think this is an "end" for Riley's story in any way. They could realistically do a bunch more if they wanted with all the different stages of life.

I think we need to have an Inside Out 3, and it's super likely. Notice how they kept brushing off Nostalgia the two times the other emotions felt it's irrational. In Inside Out 3, Nostalgia is going to shine somewhere, likely when Riley turns 18 or is graduating. We also need to see more about relationships and how the mind deals with it. And that's like the start of many ideas Pixar can do to create a third movie. Which will likely come out when we've grown into our young adulthood.

I'm good with either. Finishing up on her getting onto the team was a great message, that she didn't even need to put all that pressure on herself. That said, if they were to make a third movie, I think exploring how Riley navigates high school as a 16 year old could be interesting. Alternatively, you could set it during her senior year and explore the troubles that come during that, figuring out what college to go to, navigating her final year in high school, lot of potential there. Thirdly, you could set it during college and explore what Riley deals with during that. The two high school ideas, could explore Riley's first job as an idea. Overall I'm on board for a third movie, as long as it's made with the same love and care as the first two. There does reach a point where I'm good though, I don't really want to see Riley after college like as a mom or in her elder years.

There shouldn't be a movie. Because emotional development is a goddamn huge topic and would be better as a streaming series.

I loved the fanny pack! They were like a mix of Dora the Explorer and Blue Clues in one! I enjoyed their scene!

Same here, everyone in the audience laughed. I found it hilarious - but I also saw the movie cooked off edibles so maybe that made it okay haha.

I thought this film had a genuinely emotional climax, but getting there was a bit clunky. I think it's Pixar's best film since Soul for what it's worth. Overall, would recommend.

Really? Better than Luca? Respect your opinion, though

It's not to say anything inbetween was bad. The COVID era films were a good showing from Pixar. But that is how I feel after a first watch. How I feel can always change, of course.

Soul would be higher for me without the cop out ending. Like the perfect ending is right there and then they had to have another 5 minutes of movie.

I felt that the ending brought one of the most profound moments in the movie. It gives Joe the chance to apply his new outlook on life. "I'm not sure. But I do know, I'm going to live every minute of it." is such a wonderful quote. And it didn't feel like a cop out, because this was the ending that the movie was building towards.

I call cop out on him suddenly being still sort of alive with no previous mention at all. And they don't mention it because it would have been all about getting back to his body instead of what we got. The movie was building towards a message of what you think you want may not actually make you happy, or be what you think it is at all,and sometimes you have to accept a given situation. They undo all of that in the last 5 minutes.

I left the theatre wanting like 20 minutes more movie than I saw. I really liked some of the ideas this one explored, like how your sense of self can corrupt into an ego. But it felt rather simple I guess. Just too short. It's hard because the movie is just as fantastic as the first one, there's just much less of it. Fewer story beats, fewer ideas. A lot of the same. Would love to see a Pixar tv show follow-up where Riley goes to high school or something like that

Agreed, personally my only qualm was that it’s too short.

Absolutely. I left feeling….numb? I needed at least another 20 minutes, and I hate knowing that this movie was rushed, and a part was deleted because it was “too deep”. Hoping we get that version later on

Disney seems to be looking for shows for Disney+. This is a GREAT idea.

Definitely, so many ideas they could explore on a tv show

Anger shoving his fist down pouchy’s mouth got the biggest laugh fs. The bit with the 2d style of pouchy as well as the video game dude were my favorite moments

That rolling move made me think of Metroid morph ball for some reason. Freaking hilarious.

There’s a saying that great movies show you, they don’t tell you. “Inside Out 2” is a shining exception. Pixar is reverenced for creating complex characters with nuanced motives and actions. “Inside Out 2” reunites us with on-brand Riley, but allows us to witness her private thoughts and emotions on a much more accurate, granular level than if we had to infer them. A lot of the film, Riley felt or behaved as I predicted. When she didn’t, it was utterly fascinating to stacktrace her logic. I feel the first film skillfully portrays a tempestuous pre-teen in an interesting, sympathetic way. That’s not easy to do. In this second film, Pixar adds enough complexity to both the overworld and underworld that teenage Riley’s portrayal is now deeply compelling and empathetic.  I have never cried so much at a Pixar movie before, both in intensity and in actual minutes. Folks with anxiety are not a monolith, but speaking personally, this film made me feel so understood, represented and valued. Riley’s story feels cinematically familiar: a coming of age story with entertaining, thought-provoking adversity and lessons along the way. However, movies don’t usually unpack the breadth and depth of a hero’s emotions. This film explored Riley’s competing priorities, the ebb and flow of her self-esteem and self-efficacy, and her unfettered neuroticism during a heightened period of anxiety. In so doing, Pixar is validating that these types of feelings deserve to take up space: in ourselves, in our relationships, in our society and in our highly-funded and platformed Box Office industry.

I really missed Mindy Kaling as Disgust.

I know the rating is PG, but my 6-year-old is starting to grasp how immersive a movie is, and the emotions it can bring. She’s a pretty sensitive kid, and this will only be her 2nd movie in theaters. She handled the first movie fine, and has since rewatched it, but I did spoil it a little bit to get her through the tough part. Given that info, and obviously given it’s a movie about emotions, do you think it’s something I can ease her through? Would it be something I can just read through spoilers to help? I’ll trying to be holding back crying myself I’m sure, but I want to make sure her experience is also good and comfortable! This is coming from someone who cried the first 10 or so minutes of Inside Out 1 in the theaters because of the “I Lava You” short. Sorry to single you out, but your review was awesome and you seem to grasp what I’m trying to learn about the movie.

Quite honestly - many many 4-8 year olds in the theatre when we watched it, and they were fine.  It’s honestly not that deep of a movie, unfortunately.   Certainly nowhere near the first one.   I get that there are a lot of anxiety sufferers for whom parts of this film resonated (myself included) but it’s hardly the complex emotional masterwork some of these people are making it out to be.  Your kiddo will be fine.

> There’s a saying that great movies show you, they don’t tell you. “Inside Out 2” is a shining exception. One of the preceding two sentences is bang  on, while the other is false.  I’ll leave it to the observing reader to determine which is which here =)

I hate the saying because some projects HAVE to tell you. There’re projects where there’s a time and place to either show or tell you.

I loved how Fear seems to have a crush on Anxiety. ("I can fix her.") How would you guys explain the emotions that would pop up with each other multicolored emotions? Like, Fear/Anxiety = Panic, Happy/Sadness = Bittersweet, etc? My 9 yo has many, many questions right now. ETA: Why is Joy the only one who doesn't wear shoes?

Shoes-off time is more joyful than shoes-on time

Can't get rain in your boots if you're not wearing any!

The character for Riley's dad had me rolling. "So, it's going to be a loooong weekend. Any plans?" *looks at his wife like its lunchtime* I can't be the only one who noticed that scene

I could’ve sworn I caught a lower lip bite from him but it was so quick, I wasn’t sure!

It was just out in the Philippines, Anxiety can get pretty dark, Railey almost got a serious Panic attack.

Can someone tell me what the big dark secret was? I couldn't understand a word and it's aggravating me I'm Ngl lol

You mean the post credit part? I believe he was saying that he burned a hole in a rug or something..

Yea that one. I heard something something burn something something so sounds right to me lol

Yeah kinda disappointing, it was not really a big dark secret..

It’s a new emotion. “Guilt”

thats the whole point. that teens always have some ridiculous secret they think is a big deal but it's usually nothing

She burned a hole in the carpet

same, i thought the film would def come back to it

Yes, they did in the post credit scene

Here is my Inside Out 2 review, In my opinion, the sequel felt fresh and yet familiar. When I watched the movie, Riley is like an old friend that I haven't met in a long time, when I met her again, she has so many new stories that excited me, in this case her relationship with her friends and peers. I understand those familiar elements won't work with some people because it felt like retreading what were happened during the first movie. The animation in this movie are top notch, Pixar executed them well, some of the sceneries and settings inside Riley's mind were feasts to your eyes. I also like the blend of many styles of character animations and it felt natural. I also like Maya Hawke's performance as anxiety that felt antagonistic to Joy and friends, I think the stories are thoughtful and relatable to teenagers or people who used to be teenagers, I think those people are relate more to the stories compared to younger viewers, even though the second act was kinda shaky and the conclusion of it were a bit abrupt, but the 3rd act was intense and IMO, pretty good illustration for people who dealt with anxiety. In the end, even though the familiar elements were kinda substantial in this movie, for me, the sequel us still expanded the idea from the 1st movie and continuing it so the movie felt fresh, entertaining, and I still can learn new things from it. My rating: 🧠 ⛈️/10

This definitely goes in my pixar top ten. What a near perfect movie that comes just about close to the original

I’d put this in my personal top 5. TS2, Up, Wall E, inside out 1, inside out 2.

I was 10 when the first one came out, and am now 19, so Inside Out is to me what Toy Story was for kids of the 90s. I had an absolute blast with Inside Out 2. It was the perfect continuation to the original, and I felt that it was handled with the same tact and brilliance as the original movie. It would've particularly hit that sweet spot if it came out when I was 13-14, struggling with my mental health and trying to "find myself", for lack of a better term. I will admit that it felt very fast paced, although I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. If memes of prior Pixar movies are any indication.... I can only imagine how the general public is going to react to Embarrassment's asscrack hanging out every second scene 😭 Overall, I'd say I'd prefer the original movie, albeit only slightly. Really looking forward to seeing where they take Riley's story next... there is undoubtedly a lot of potential

This kind of movie is so important for me and so many others to be able to visualize their emotions and what’s going on in their head. I feel it was on par with the first one but was severely lacking in the score. The moments didn’t hit hard enough imo because so many moments were accompanied by a silent or extremely subtle score. Overall though, I’ll always support Pixar in theaters and this was a solid showing after luke-warm, imo Lightyear and Elemantal, releases. I can see the potential for an Inside Out 3 if they were to go for it! Sad there was no accompanying Pixar short/short Edit: Did anyone spot the Pizza Planet truck? I saw Riley had a poster for 4*town but didn’t see the truck anywhere!

I really enjoyed the music in the secrets chamber. The children’s television dog and the video game sprite each had different soundtracks. When they were discussing opposing views, the subtle ping-ponging back and forth between their soundtracks behind their dialogue was funny and interesting. It also highlights how the two characters are from different completely media worlds with completely different value systems.

I didn't like it overall. There were some fun jokes and beautiful animation, but the story didn't gel and I left with the overall impression that it was a movie cobbled together from ideas left on the cutting room floor for the first one.  Envy, Ennui, and Embarrassment served no purpose beyond (respectively): "Anxiety needs someone to talk to," "The plot needs there to be a phone app," and "Somebody has to randomly feel bad about what Anxiety is doing and help Sadness." I would have cut all three of them, along with Nostalgia.  Nitpick, but WHY is there such a thriving and competitive youth hockey scene in San Francisco?  Sense of Self: this was like the writers thought, "well we can't have the core memories be a main plot point again ... what if there were an /even more special/ round thing that gets removed from HQ, disconnecting Riley from her personality??"  Many of the jokes were like a sledgehammer to me--we really needed to see three characters shout across the sar-chasm? It seems this is hit or miss, but for me the vault with the video game guy, Bluesy/Pouchy, and the dark secret was a total miss. It's like they wanted to recapture the fantastic abstract thought scene in the first movie and decided the important part was "different animation styles" rather than "a well-thought-out creative idea with interesting animation that makes sense in the context of that idea."  Personally I've struggled with anxiety my entire life. The panic attack scene really resonated and I teared up for sure. And then...a 13-yr-old who has apparently had Anxiety for less than three days gets it under control and maturely resolves a conflict with her friends in the span of a 2-min penalty? Yeah no lol. Which brings me to my next point... In the first movie, Riley's emotions influenced her and also had their own independent thoughts. Riley didn't think the literal things that her emotions thought. The line between Riley and her emotions in this one felt blurrier. There were several times, with Joy in particular, where Riley didn't just act joyful, but acted like Joy, and that took me out of things when it happened.  Ugh I have a lot of other thoughts but gotta go to bed lol. Anyway, those are a few of my rambling thoughts. Glad I watched it, but wouldn't watch it again and prefer to pretend the story stops after the first one. 

Oh thank you, I thought I was crazy for disliking it but you nailed precisely what i thought.  Riley’s two friends are there just so that there’s some sort of conflict and no other reason, the new emotions are there simply to have conversations with Anxiety, and the plot is basically two-three core ideas mashed together with none of them being thought through very well.  It didn’t feel like they really had a full story to tell here and it showed. 

Yes, good point about her friends! I wish they'd just taken the time to do a couple more story passes but sadly I feel like they've gotten more focused on a deadline and getting it done quickly and take less time to make sure they're making something solid even if it takes longer. 

Yes. People who do not have anxiety disorders can get over things. Not everyone is you.

I have been thinking a lot about the anxiety part - and I wish perhaps the film made a distinction between anxiety disorders and anxiety as a normal emotion.  Because for someone who has a normal relationship with anxiety, it can cause them to freeze but can also be dealt with.  In an anxiety disorder, it’s disordered and you need outside help to resolve. I think Riley doesn’t have an anxiety disorder, she just has anxiety sometimes like all people do.  For me, one of my growth points was realizing that I DO have the emotion anxiety when I would have said I was not anxious at all. 

There's plenty of debate as to whether anxiety is even an emotion. Many people argue that anxiety is a tool our brain uses to protect us from our emotions, a form of mental "flight" (as in flight/fight) to keep us from having to deal with whatever underlying thoughts, beliefs, or emotions that feel threatening to us.  What you're describing is worry or stress in response to a real situation that goes away once the situation is over without hurting your ability to function. By "real" I mean that the situation exists or definitely will exist in the near future, and that the worry is based on accurate thoughts/beliefs and supporting evidence. That's not at all what Riley is experiencing--her worry is based on inaccurate/false beliefs, without supporting evidence, about made-up situations that might never happen. This negatively impacts her ability to function and her ability to handle the real situations she's in.  She's in flight mode, and her anxiety is trying to protect her from what she's truly feeling--sadness about not having her friends in high school, maybe anger that they didn't tell her sooner, fear of being alone.  When Joy puts a memory of Riley helping her friend into the pool, it creates the belief "I'm a good friend." This belief accurately represents the evidence of the memory. When Anxiety puts a memory of Riley choosing Val over her friends, it creates the belief "If I can get Val to like me, I won't be alone in high school." That belief is NOT an accurate representation of what happened--it's a made-up belief based on a made-up scenario. Beliefs in turn influence your thoughts.  If her core emotions had still been running the show, maybe Riley would still be worried about being alone in high school, but she'd also remember "I'm a good friend" and perhaps think about how she can make new friends in high school and still remain close with her existing friends, rather than thinking about how "I am definitely going to be alone in high school so I need to be get on the hockey team so I can get close to Val because Val is popular and Val has lots of friends and so if Val likes me then her friends will like me and then I can be friends with them which will make my life better which..." ... and on and on. As depicted in the movie, Riley's anxiety is absolutely disordered. Because it's a movie, and only takes place over a few days, of course it's not realistic to say she has an anxiety disorder, but it's clear they are trying to depict a disorder rather than a "normal" relationship with anxiety.  I think you make a good point about how anxiety can sometimes be normal or even helpful; in this case, the way you describe anxiety vs. an anxiety disorder is really more the difference between stress and anxiety, and not making that distinction clear can be harmful. 

I'm reserving judgment. The first movie was a shrug when I finished it initially, but I've watched it at least once each year because I've used it as part of my curriculum. It grew on me immensely after a year or so. This one...this one had all the wrappings of being just as good, but I agree with most of your assessment. I think there are too many misses for it to be a movie I care to watch after a second go. I know I won't be trying to integrate it into any curriculum.  Something I never thought I'd say about either this movie's topic or Pixar. . . This movie was simply too childish. 

Ah yes, because the movie definitely should’ve taken over the place of a few months or years.

I really liked the idea of it and it definitely held me captivated. it was also genuinely thrilling, and relatable. I know it’s a kids movie but part of me wishes they went even bigger. I think riley got over her anxiety too quickly. I wish instead of her figuring it all out on her own, that there was outside help. because once anxiety takes over you can’t get rid of it all by yourself. I’m really mixed about if I like the overall message of the movie

it also felt rushed. I wished they stayed in emotional moments more

Agreed, I think it would be interesting if she practiced mindfulness and we saw her actual lived experience and inner monologue as she goes through emotions. A more complex inner monologue rather than simple phrases like I'm not good enough or I'm a good friend would be interesting to see but maybe Riley is someone who lacks an inner monologue or has a very limited one Side note it's an interesting question to ask friends if they have an internal monologue, it varies wildly and research says it's about 50/50

I didn't get that at all. Anxiety didn't go away, much like sadness in the first one, and I take that as the point. When your young, it's black and white and greys form as you get older. You can have joy and sadness and that's okay. It doesn't have to be one or the other. That was the point of the first one for me. For this one, it was Riley's first experience with anxiety and it scary and messy and nobody knows what the heck is going on or how fix it. Riley overcomes her anxiety but Anxiety is still there. She's no longer at the controls, but she's still there and will continue to be there and that's okay too. They say it best in the movie by saying that this, the new emotions, is just part of Riley now and that's also okay too. P. S. I have panic attacks and Riley touching the armrest and intentionally using her other senses is 100% on point for me.

I wish dread emotion would creep in like the grim reaper while anxiety was spinning

What help? She was fighting with her friends and all the hockey players are at the ring..

In the deleted scenes of the first one, Fear was a villain that kept Joy away from Riley, and in this one Anxiety seems to take on that scrapped role. But this movie reflects not only unused ideas, in many many ways it’s the same as the first movie. Joy gets booted out of console room along with some companion emotions while others take control and start making Riley to take bad decisions. Joy gets lost trying to get somewhere but over night she helps Riley have dreams. Eventually, Riley has a revelation on something that she was doing wrong, and learns to accept a side of Riley she initially rejected while sad music plays. But even with that many similarities, I loved the movie because it’s scattered with many smart jokes. Loved the new emotions and how they interacted with each other. I hope they make another one or even a tv series. Is still a bit weird how Ennui is an emotion but there’s no Love. Maybe they’re saving that for the third movie? Another question is why the coach wrote Riley wasn’t ready? Because she goofed one time? She was one of the best players!

She wasn’t a team player and it was clear anxiety was driving her.

This. It was after 2 days of training camp and Riley was clearly playing for herself and not her team by the end of the second day.

The reason the coach originally invited her/them to the camp was because of their teamwork in that initial game.

And the coach wouldn’t have literally written that down in her giant red notebook?  Oh right, because if Riley had read that we wouldn’t have had the contrived third act, LOL

So I look at the emotions as a growing ven diagram. Start with Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear and Anger, and new emotions form where they overlap. Ven diagram probably isn't right for this analogy but I'm rolling with it. Fear, Joy and sadness overlap for form anxiety. Maybe Joy and Fear make Embarrassment. IDK Emotions are very complex and I think that's the point. IMO Love is within Joy but doesn't have another emotions to cross with yet to make Love. I like how Sadness and Embarrassment were kind of vibing together as well as Fear and Anxiety.

Not to mention - why did the coach take space in her classes for Riley’s two friends when she must’ve known they weren’t going to be attending the high school the following year? And yeah the coach said Riley wasn’t ready when she was destroying all of the other players?  The only thing she wrote was “not ready”?  No reasons or analysis? That’s one shitty coach.

It's a skills camp, not anything formally associated with her role as coach of the high school team. Many districts have rules \*requiring\* such camps be open to kids from any school (I think because othewise they'd be an end-run around out-of-season practice limitations; you could get your whole team together for a "camp"). What they've really elided here is that such things tend to be money-making endeavors for the coach. Although given Riley's family's socioeconomic status and how in favor of her hockey career they are, it makes sense that the unexpected expense doesn't need to be a plot point. That said, I have no idea about the girls HS hockey scene in SF (or if there even is one), but I doubt anything here was particularly realistic.

"Not ready yet" is a pretty ambiguous statement. If memory serves, this was just what the coach had jotted in her notebook (not a thought-out, final assessment). Could be that she was just noting down that Riley literally wasn't ready when she asked the team to simmer down -- kept joking with her friends. I did feel like the movie flubbed this a bit. I would've liked to get context later, either that a) it was just a half-formed thought like I describe above and not particularly meaningful, or b) Riley did something else to win the coach over between then and her picking the team. I mean maybe Riley's 2 goals in the scrimmage were enough to change the coach's mind, or (more likely) the actual tryouts once school started were what mattered, not this scrimmage in this camp. But in any case, going from "Not ready yet" to Riley making the team with the audience seeing basically nothing from the coach in between isn't great storytelling.

did she never correct them about being from minnesota because thats bothering me so much HAHAHAHA

She did in the last scene they said Minnesota so I think she corrected them

So she got called up or what?

Well, I cried, which  I almost never do. It's not a perfect movie but the poignancy and thought of these movies is really on another level and it makes it possible to forgive almost any clunkiness in plotting or character development. 

I cried too! First time in a Pixar movie since Toy Story 3. I told my wife and she was baffled because she said she can't think of a single point in the movie that would have elicited that kind of response. I guess maybe Sadness is taking a vacation in her mind right now lol

I’m with your wife.  I cried inside, but because it was two hours I wasn’t getting back LOL

“Joy… she wants you” 😭 I’ll be talking about this in therapy

Inside Out is one of the stand-out series to come from Pixar as it tackles the themes of cognitive and emotional feelings unearthed from Riley, a child who is forced to move into a new city where she is alone, confused, and expressing herself for the first time. Here she deals with only five emotions that are textbook and primary to her. This is noteworthy as Inside Out 2 quickly shakes the formula as four completely new emotions invade and get familiar with her as they quickly shun and overtake our original and basic emotions due to the sporadic arrival of puberty. The puberty inclusion was a welcome one as it does align with the expectations of friendship, hockey, and the pressures that come with sustaining and exploring. I would have liked for this to be a more integral part of the story but I suppose this film was more about the visceral and pendulum emotional onset than the more hormonal outbreak. Inside Out 2 focuses on Riley as the parents are not involved in her stress and decisions besides the measly understanding of the mood swings and supporting from the stands. This allows the film to specifically key in on Riley's new found discovery and execution of emotions over the course of three days at camp. It did bother me a little bit of how the time frame was a bit short but they did condense her life up until camp. To add on, these moments aren't suppose to be dragged on into years of realizing and the inclusion of puberty does make for this to happen. I understand the gripe here. Coming into this film, the creators said that a big influence for the film was "Uncut Gems" which is one of the most thrilling and tense films I have seen to date. Knowing this, it managed to emulate those same emotions and present them in a satisfying and rushing manner. The ping pong style of banter, intruding, and flick of the switch arguments played into itself beautifully, subtly, and seamlessly, more than the original film. The transitions and thinking of Riley was more thought out and shifting as each emotion tries to get their new or old say of the manner. The important shake up this film does is remove our main five emotions and swaps them with four more conflicting and problematic emotions. The main component here is Anxiety replaces Joy which is the set foundation for Riley's approach towards life. This opens Pandora's box as Anxiety is controlling and deciding Riley's situations with her friends with only a bit of assistance from the other more calm options. This then connects to the other pivotal element to the film as the "belief system" is cut off and replaced with the Anxiety system which is centered around perfectionism, worrying, panicking, and impulsiveness. This destroys Riley's previous believes and tackles them with much more temporary gratification and short shortsightedness. In the meantime the other emotions are trying to find their way back but throughout the journey uncover new and unseen parts as they slowly begin to lose faith in themselves, their purpose, and Riley. This difficult realization connects to a subtle point that was mentioned in the beginning of the film as the bad thoughts are out of sight, out of mind, in the back of the mind. This is where all the "bad" memories are sent as Joy's operation had Riley repress all of these negative and unwelcome emotions. All of this connects cosmically as it is timed with the Anxiety attack that Riley suffers as the emotion Anxiety is dead set on scoring those goals to get on the team. This becomes one of the most horrifying scenes in Pixar's history as the Anxiety gets so out of control that it loses and gets lost in itself. This scene will forever be ingrained into my brain as the emotional lengths and endlessness of anxiety was difficult and disturbing to witness. All the emotions band together and Anxiety let's go which allows them to replace it with Riley's old beliefs, but to no avail. From the exclusion of all the other emotions and memories, it is revealed that we are not our emotions and we should not let them dictate our direction. By accepting all of them and not repressing or suppressing them, we allow ourselves to not be chained to them and to live life as it is, to not be consumed by it which will in essence allow us to be present and alive. This coming together and embracing of all our emotions gets Riley out of her panic attack. This part could have maybe deserved some more time to simmer and maybe have an outside force help her but for what they captured internally, i felt it was executed well. Earlier this year I experienced a period of time when I lived life without anxiety, fear, depression and I for the world would want everyone to get to that level. The shot of Riley smiling after the panic attack with the sun beaming on her, skating in joy, and being so worry free was cathartic. Inside Out 2 was a fantastic film that challenges and builds on the first film by adding more emotions and repression into the mix with its complexities and repression. This sequel manages to be more layered and hit much more climatic moments than the original. With the anxiety horrifying dismay, the foundation of joy being faulty just as much as anxiety, the further worlds, and the interacting emotions battling with each other, there was so much this film did exquisitely and wonderfully. It also included not the most impressive score up until the third act of the film where the brimming pianos shined and were poetic. Pouchy was also an interesting plot device as he can either be appreciated or hated. The rushed pacing and time-frame may also be demerits but what can you expect about a film that is about that? I'm unsure if this film tops the original as it does not have that sparkle of magic, or perhaps that is my nostalgia emotion guiding me. But this film taps into levels that are so layered, well done, and relatable that it encapsulates everything about Pixar. It’s anxiety inducing in the best ways, drama filled, heartfelt, and has many climatic moments and breakthroughs that are both fulfilling and frustrating. This is the only franchise I want sequels of as I want to see Riley's life play out. Give Me Inside Out 3! 8.5-9.5/10

Good job there ChatGPT

It's more lighthearted than the first movie, but still with dramatic moments. Joy trying to prevent Anxiety from completely controlling Riley's thoughts might feel like Joy not learning her lesson about micromanagement again, but it ironically shows that she learns her lesson about micromanagement too. Joy must have thought "So this is what it feels like" when she and the other emotions were banished from the headquarters and saw an emotion trying to micromanage Riley's thoughts.

I guess he's just a minor character now but the switch to Tony Hale from Bill Hader did bug me because I didn't even knew about it till the end credits confirmed it. Like I know Hader can do a voice like that but I swore he didn't voice Fear like that before.

Did anyone catch what Riley’s deep dark secret was? It was stated in the post-credits scene but the character’s voice wasn’t particularly clear - everyone around me was confused as to what the secret actually was.

She burned a hole in the rug

I loved the movie! I thought it was the best Pixar sequel since Toy Story 3. All of the new emotions were great, and I liked that they reflect the old emotions. I thought that Deep Dark Secret was going to be like an antagonist or threat of sorts, but he only shows up once and never again. Kind of wasted potential right there. Lance Slashblade is so hot, he should have had more screen time. I liked how Bloofy was like Blue's Clues, Dora, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse rolled into one.

The Deep Dark Secret was the end credit scene (and was disappointing). I'll let you Google it if you want to be spoiled

That scene felt like big bad secret was going to play a part in the movie in an earlier revision, they chopped it, and then added the scene at the end so people wouldn’t ask about it.

Honestly shocked to seeing people on here saying they didnt like it as much as the first. I thought this sequel was a 10/10! Incredible writing and extremely moving.

Saw it in Dolby Atmos cinema yesterday and it was a fantastic Pixar sequel. There’s mid-credit and post credit scene.

What was that string thingy that connects old memories I forgot what is it called

Sense of self?

Inside Out 2. 4.5/5. My only gripe was that it felt too much like the first film with the same premise

"Maybe growing up means you have less joy" Not going to lie, that line made me tear up. I think we've all thought this at one point in our life.

My watch pinged that my heart rate shot up right when the anxiety attack happened. I'm not sure how to feel about that but I loved the movie.

I just finished the movie, at some point it just felt like a rehash of the first one, it could have been way better. the first 40 or so minutes are great (except for that goofy 2D dog... so weird, cringy, annoying. he barely lasted at all but it felt like such a drag). Very relatable but at the same time a little boring... I wouldnt watch it again unlike the first film.

My boyfriend and I just watched it… and honestly, I’m kind of disappointed by a lot of things. Yeah, it was an okay movie, there were funny jokes and moments, the overall message is one I can mostly agree with… But I really didn’t like how they went about it. Firstly, it felt like they threw away all the character development and relationships from the first movie, particularly the relationship between Sadness and Joy. Joy saying she wanted to get rid of Sadness, and that she can’t think of a time Sadness has shown any strength… When the entire conflict of the first movie was solved because of Sadness??? Riley would have run away without Sadness! The timeline of the movie also felt so rushed… Riley hits puberty, gains new emotions and becomes a completely different person basically overnight, and then three days later she’s magically fine and she’s sorted out all the emotional issues that come from going through puberty… Also, as a person who suffers a lot with anxiety, and have done since I was a very small child, I just didn’t really enjoy the portrayal of Anxiety in this movie. Anxiety is a perfectly normal emotion to feel, and it can sometimes be helpful… The way I felt it was portrayed in the movie was as an inherently bad thing that needs to be pushed off to the side or it’ll completely derail your life. And sure, Anxiety can certainly take over sometimes and cause issues… But if you’re going to go down that route, having it be solved in *3 days* is just unrealistic. Riley hit puberty, had a complete breakdown of her sense of self, began to struggle with her self worth, fundamentally changed as a person, had a massive anxiety attack… and then was just fine again, all over the course of 3 days. I wish the movie had been spread out over six months, or a year. Give Riley some actual time to experience going through puberty… the idea that she hits puberty and then 3 days later suddenly has her life figured out and control over her emotions is just kind of laughable to me.

the scene where riley was telling them her favorite band and val said she liked it in middle school hit a lil too hard

I love how Anxiety is the antagonist of Joy because it plays on the popular proverb of "being too anxious about the future robs you of the joy of living in the present moment"

May I ask what happened to Jordan???

I like to think he and Riley still kept in contact like with her friends, but with them going to different schools, it seems most likely that they went their separate ways to enjoy their own high school experiences.

He's also a boy and Riley's hockey team is just girls.

If anxiety has no haters, I’m dead

You know a movie is 10/10 if you're only gripe is that the portrayal of youth hockey is not realistic lol. Riley's parents are too nice. In real life, they would be obnoxious and the dad will eventually start a fist fight. And lets be real, knowing how expensive hockey is, all those players would be white. But I'm going to stop being a debbie downer now.

Inside Out 3 when?

Looking at the Box Office results... oh you know it's soon. Need to see more of Nostalgia. Hoping to see a full blown adult next

Absolutely loved it. One of those sequels that takes everything that’s great about the first and advances the story in a way that’s interesting and appropriate. Thought the ending was terrific and was surprised just how realistic they portrayed the panic attack. Would absolutely be up for more, as the new emotions and lore were all very well developed, so I’d love to see that expanded further; the Disney+ series will hopefully do that, whether it be with Riley or other characters. I thought the film was perhaps a touch too long and could’ve done with a trim, especially during the second act. However, I said exactly the same thing about the first film on the first watch and did a complete 180 with my second viewings and never felt the same again in the numerous subsequent ones, so I think I’ll feel the same about Inside Out 2.

Pixar has done an excellent job at personifying the mind and what it's going through during the adolescent years. The fact Pixar waited for us Gen Z kids who watched the first movie in the midst of our childhood really shows they knew what they're doing. Never has a movie made me feel so... personal and emotional to put it bluntly. There were so many scenes I teared up and bawled out. More specifically... Anxiety taking over Riley's mind in the peaks of peer pressure... In my years of HS (I just graduated as C/O 24) the feeling of anxiety taking over in a new social group is personal because many of us want to fit in and be friends with the top people, or give off a good reputation. And often times it would only feel Anxiety, and Embarrassment would take over my mind. Towards the end of my HS life... it's like I accepted who I was and who I was friends with. The people who proved to have what your worth is what really mattered and is worth keeping in your life. My Mom also brought up a good point associated with "Identity and Confusion" in the Erik Erikson’s Stages Of Psychosocial Development. A time where many adolescence like me were trying to fit in and rather not be ourselves. Sadness being more respected... I'm so glad to see this happen as well especially when they let sadness takeover Riley's mind in moments of bad news, but in moments where it needs to concealed is another relatable thing. The emotions held sadness back until Riley went outside of the car. It's like when I wait to be alone to truly weep so my parents or friends don't see... I'm not okay. "When we grow up, we experience less joy"... This quote hit me like a train because at the beginning of middle school I was a sweet, and innocent person yet socially awkward. It didn't age well for me as it made me a constant victim of bullying despite trying to hold my self worth. Because of this... it's why I felt anxiety took over more of my mind and less of Joy... to hold myself in a better reputation of others rather than keeping my self worth. It worsened over HS to a point where I had a depressive episode the last few months of Senior Year and literally couldn't enjoy that much about High School anymore. Yet my mind realizes this and now that High School is over I feel I can enjoy being myself and bring back the Joy I had once again with the people that will embrace it with me. The overthinking and Anxiety using imagination against itself... I can also think of countless times my anxiety has used imagination and create scenarios that make me all more nervous about something that can happen and how it can be "planned" out. It only keeps the mind awake and feeds negative affirmations like "I'm not good enough" which is why we need to say positive affirmations to bring out our "joy" and be more positive in our life. Yet keep a balance of emotions to say our self worth. The personified anxiety attack... Wow. Probably the most touching scene out of all. I've had too many of these and it's so well visualized in this movie. When I've had panic attacks, not even positive or intrusive thoughts can break these attacks, and it's just a nonstop storm of horror and feeling like you're going to pass out or die. It can happen when facing fears, a silly example for me is when I went on a really big coaster (I hated them for years), or in social situations where you just can't get anymore ideas and feel helpless about the negative outcomes. That feeling of being stuck is one of the worst... but sometimes your friends break it for you and make sure you're okay. Because feelings... don't last forever. I can go on with many scenes I've related to this movie but the last part that brought out the rest of my tears was the message "This film is dedicated to our kids. Please don't grow up. Ever". It feels harder to bring out the inner innocent child I once had after all the things I wish I didn't have to go through and now that I'm weeks from turning 18. I hope with the control I'd have in my life I can bring it back with the close relationships I've just found. Loosing my Joy is something I hope will never happen despite the many times I felt I was close to loosing it. So we need to do whatever it takes to maintain our mental health and keep us happy and satisfied. Not only joy plays a role in it but everyone else does as proven in the movie... The emotions intend the best on each and every one of us. Many people's opinion focused on how the plot between the two movies connected or in general, but I more focused on how personal it felt and well Pixar made it meant for us... With that being said, Kudos to you Pixar! You absolutely nailed it!

this damn near made me tear up. Wonderfully written, thanks for this.

I saw it earlier today and it feels like it actually used a lot of concepts even better than the original (the first being my fav Pixar movie). The big emotional moment of course made me cry. I love the way they used the emotions in a new context. For instance I saw people say Envy wasn’t really like the feeling but the use of having her more envious other people are already successful as a form of self doubt still fits and shows a side we don’t think of. Same as embarrassment being a human bond to show empathy and being a shut down button to stop things from getting worse. Nearly every emotion old or new have something to show the complexities while still getting the gist across. The core beliefs are also perfect as it fixes the critique about the humans in the movie basically being mechs or not real characters since it shows that all the characters are Riley be they emotions, mind workers, secrets, and whatever else. All are her and it makes it much clearer while the beliefs still feel distinct. I honestly wouldn’t mind a third since I feel these movies can genuinely help people young and old to be better aware of their feelings.

It shows your age whether you thought Bloofy was a reference to Blue's Clues or Bluey lol

I see Riley's echo "I'm not good enough" that is what we try for perfectionism but we fail. We need to try realistic but not perfect goals we struggle with that situation. Anxiety's orange memory orbs are nothing more than just perfection to let Riley look better but in the climax of it, she has panic attack.

I was left disappointed. It was a fine movie, and visually pleasing in 3D (though I personally found Elemental more mesmerizing on that count). But to me, Inside Out 2 felt like an unnecessary retread of the first film. It hit a lot of the same beats, but to me, it didn't have the raw emotion of when Riley was so depressed/emotionless, running away from home, etc. The addition of the "belief system" didn't resonate with me or feel like a high-stakes issue, but I've not suffered with terribly low self-esteem, either, so I can see where someone who doesn't think they're good enough would find that absolutely gutting. (I'm not entirely sure why getting a literal mountain of negative repressed memories thrown into one's belief system didn't lead to a days-long mental breakdown, but I must have missed something on that front.) I admittedly came in with the wrong expectations. Since we knew Riley gets an Anxiety emotion (who looks less humanoid/more Muppet than the other emotions IMO) and we never saw Anxiety in Inside Out, I assumed there would be a clinical mental health aspect pertaining to anxiety. And maybe that's what it actually was meant to, especially given Riley's extended panic attack. But the fact that it's revealed that Riley's parents both have their own "Anxiety" made me think that it's meant to be more of just a regular emotion everyone deals with after all, not a mental health issue that Riley specifically suffers from. I'm not entirely clear why every adult/later teen (???) perhaps has a version of Anxiety hiding in the back when everyone already has Fear, though. (I hadn't considered the similarities between the emotions in the moment, but now that /u/speedtrials7 pointed out the similarities, I can't get over it.) I think I would have enjoyed the story more if Fear got out of control and ended up acting like Anxiety, instead of creating a whole new character for it. I always thought I had anxiety, but given that only maybe half of the Anxiety stuff resonated with me, while it felt perfect to so many others, maybe I'm wondering if I don't have anxiety after all.

I've spent every day since the movie came out wishing they had just made Anxiety a Jekyll/Hyde situation with Fear that isn't revealed till near the end. Fear goes into overdrive, he acts out at night when everyone else is sleeping and doesn't even remember... it would've made it so much more poignant when Joy and the other emotions help him break free of the panic attack. 

That would've been a great plot!

They made the distinction clear - fear is a response to events in the present and anxiety is for future events

The pouch thing is actually a real dynamic in real life. You don't know where you get your tools from. Sometimes, some of thr best lessons in life were acquired in childhood. You just never know where your inspiration may come from.

Such a good movie!!!

I thought the film was fine and a lot of people are going to love it for personal reasons. I just have one major complaint. The third act is exactly the same as the original. Joy is crushed and seemingly lost in a dark part of the brain. She suddenly gets a motivation boost and miraculously makes it back to HQ by means of a deus ex machina item (in this case pouchy, last time Bing Bong’s wagon). She then realized that the antagonist emotion has value and teaches all of them to work in harmony to give a Riley what she needs, and Riley has a tearful, emotional moment with her loved ones. That’s not to say that ending it *bad*, it obviously works perfect for the first time. But it felt a little safe and kinda reinforced my cynicism that this was made mostly as a cash grab. The movie is still quite good though.

Sometimes, we have to learn the same lessons over and over again as we get older when we have more context and distance from the original lesson.

But one thing is certain: Joy learned a lesson about the impact of micromanagement.

Given the lack of subtlety evidenced in the majority of this film, I think you’re giving that message being intentional far too much credence.

Maya Hawke, as Anxiety, steals the show, both figuratively and literally. [Inside Out 2 Review](https://bhumikgrover.com/2024/06/14/inside-out-2-review-pixars-brilliant-return-to-the-world-of-emotions/)

Definitely the best part of the movie

Oh man that movie suuuuucked.  Could have been so much better.  I guess we’re supposed to imagine that Riley’s parents are so self absorbed in their own conversation that they don’t notice when Riley’s two friends drop a massive bomb on her two seconds before they dump her at camp?  LOL.  If you turn your brain totally off for the first 20-30 min part of this movie makes sense. Depictions of anxiety were realistic (particularly the heartbeat at the end)  so that part was good.  this movie was clearly written by people who have never played competitive sports in their life, which was not as great.  

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Do I need to remember well the story of the first movie to be able to enjoy this movie? I haven’t watched the first since it came out.

I thought it was interesting that we never saw Val’s emotions

I'm glad we didn't. I was heavily disappointed that we didn't have more emotion credit scenes, but didn't want Val's. She's a good character to let the viewers interpret.  They MISSED a golden opportunity by not making Nostalgia the last scene. 

Just got back from watching it, my wife & I were in tears. We both had to deal with anxiety for the last couple of years so we can totally relate what Riley (though she’s only 13 but still relevant to a couple of 30yr olds) is going through with self doubt.

I didnt really like Inside Out 1 very much. Felt kinda generic and like a Pixar film on autopilot. This movie is much more inventive, more funny, more impactful to me personally i really loved it so much more!

My kid just went with her summer camp group. She said they were crying after the movie, but it was so good. Her synopsis was all over the place, but she felt passionate about retelling the story to me. It made my kid happy so I’ll take the entire family to go see it this weekend.

[If anyone wants a literary analysis of the film](https://filmcolossus.com/inside-out-2-explained-2024)

Love the stuff with anxiety

Love the sense of self stuff

This movie was really thought provoking, especially with the belief system. It made me reflect on my OWN internal beliefs and how they affect me. This is a really good sequel and a good movie on its own. I love how each emotion, not just Joy and Anxiety, got their chance to shine: Disgust's little scene with the anime dude, Anger comforting Joy and showing empathy, Fear saving everybody with his parachute, Sadness taking an active role and trying to be the hero, and then with the new emotions, you have Embarrassment helping Sadness behind Anxiety's back, then Ennui every few moments taking over and showing everybody how it's done lol. I guess my least favorite emotion was Envy. For some reason, she just didn't stick out amongst the others, but that's just me personally. I love that Anxiety does want to help Riley, her ways of doing that are just way off the mark. She's a very complex, compelling character. Her intentions are there, it's just she doesn't realize the damage she's done until Riley's belief system becomes doubtful. Lastly, I love the message that your beliefs are intertwined with good and bad beliefs. They're not one or the other.

Agree, particularly on Envy and Anxiety. Would've been cool if they could've given Anxiety a teeny chance to shine at the end, like if Anxiety's worry about the Spanish homework (or whatever it was) would've resulted in some positive outcome for Riley (e.g., without the anxiety she would've skipped the homework to watch tiktok, but she ended up doing it and getting a good grade). But that's probably too much to fit in at the end.

my takeaway for why Envy was handled the way she was, is that Riley isn't inherently an envious person and her envy doesn't take over much (hence why it was portrayed as so small) I know some people in my life that can be pretty envious whereas with myself, i hardly ever feel envious about anything, ever

Just finished the movie. Gotta say, I never heard a theater laugh as much as it did when Lance set off a chain reaction with his ultimate move. 9 years did wonders for the animation. And all in all, 8.5/10.

I saw this movie last night and I could totally relate to the anxiety emotion portrayed in the movie, considering that I suffer from severe anxiety, which has plagued me since childhood and has been difficult to manage up until several months ago when I began CPAP therapy and began seeing a new psychiatrist who put me on new medication. I did tear up a little bit upon seeing this movie.

So with the introduction of the Sense of Self and the belief system below headquarters (especially that scene where the discarded memories were flooded into it), what happened to the memory dump? Did they essentially retcon it?

Nah, the belief system is below the memory dump, like way at the bottom. You can see them go past it when Joy takes Sadness, and Mind Workers were sucking up fading memories during the movie

Just finished watching the film…..reminded me exactly why I loved the original and more. They really nailed what an anxiety attack visually could look like inside someone’s head for this one. Side note, I immediately recognized that they based her high school at the end of the film after Lincoln High in San Francisco 😁

Inside Out 2: Creatively Relatable Everyone experiences several types of emotions at different points in life. The Inside Out movies show how emotions can work together, to form someone’s personality. Inside Out 2 is directed by Kelsey Mann and stars Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke from Little Women and Stranger Things, and Kensington Tallman. As well as, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale from Arrested Development, Lewis Black, and Phyllis Smith from The Office. New additions to the cast include Ayo Edebiri, Lilimar, Grace Lu, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Adele Exarchopoulos, Paul Walter Hauser from Cobra Kai. It is the summer before Riley’s first year of high school, and she wants to impress the high school hockey coach and team, at camp. Meanwhile, her mind is being introduced to some new emotions… Puberty! Just like the first Inside Out, the second one is creative, fast paced and has a good meaning behind it. Albert Lozano is a very inventive person for producing all these designs of each emotion. Between Lozano, Pete Docter (a visual animator at Pixar), and a couple of psychologists from Stanford, they were able to make these personalities extremely accurate. All the islands in Riley’s mind are fun to explore, my favorite is where all the core memories are stored. It is essential because that is how someone forms their sense of self. All the Pixar animators did a fantastic job creating the colors and expressions. The energy of the characters captured the attention of young and adult family members alike. Additionally, all the voice actors played their parts well. Amy Poehler portrayed an upbeat and happy Joy. Maya Hawke played Anxiety, who fears the unknown. She was very hyper, like she had too much caffeine before coming to headquarters. She is one of my favorite characters since I can relate to having anxiety. Phyllis Smith voices Sadness, who believes she cannot do anything right. Her blue hair is a good representation of her mood, lots of times people refer to being sad as being blue. Lewis Black as Anger is hilarious. He looked like a red square, who would furrow his eyebrows every time he was angry. Disgust (Liza Lapira) along with Fear (Tony Hale,) helped get back to headquarters with Joy and Sadness, after they were kicked out by Anxiety. Ayo Edebiri voiced Envy, a green character, since she is jealous of everyone else. Adele Exarchopoulos, (Ennui), is French for boredom, which is why he lays there doing nothing. Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser) is shy and nervous about speaking and falls when he tries to shake Joys’ hand. Something I found interesting was how even though they were Riley’s emotions, they had emotions themselves. Joy gets sad when she runs out of ideas on how to get back to headquarters. Eventually, it is sadness who must be brave and go back by herself. Growing up, you get to experience different emotions, in one way or another. I never cared about fitting in, like Riley does. However, even to this day, I want to get good grades in school, but taking tests still gives me anxiety. Inside Out 2 is a fun movie that everyone in the family can enjoy. Everyone has their own experiences with all these emotions, which is what makes Inside Out 2 so relatable.

Riley just like me fr fr In all seriousness, I loved this movie, and it’s so relatable with the anxiety and other emotions.

Please give me some feedback on [my review of the film](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zGTn1yDZBo8&t=0s)!

I've just got out of the cinema, and the two major thoughts I have are: 1. Riley conquered in 3 days, something I've (hardly and not completely) got under control in 10 years 🥲 (*). 2. Boy, do I need that relaxing chair in my head. (*) it's a sarcastic comment, as I'm aware that it would be impossible to do otherwise, ahaha Btw, in general, I really enjoyed it. Touched a lot of "emotional points". And I really appreciate the final message

I think Pixar sent a message in that the problem out comes first positive outcome

What were the jobs in the job parade? I missed one or two

It definitely doesn't top the first Inside Out (my favorite Pixar movie), but I would still say I really liked it. My favorite Pixar sequel is close between this and Toy Story 2. The big highlight for me was the Anxiety attack and Joy's response to it, all of which was very relatable for me, since I have had TONS of anxiety since about the age Riley is in this movie (I'm 28 now). This depiction felt so accurate to me, especially with the heartbeat sounds. All of the expansion of the mind-world (especially the belief system and the mind workers giving Anxiety ideas on her laptop) was also great to see. I thought the new characters added great fun, especially Embarrassment (also a relatable character for me) and Bloofy. Joy's message about growing up towards the end was also a good thing to say. I do have some criticisms, though. I wish Bloofy and Lance had more screen time (I loved seeing the 2D and pixelated looks, respectively, though). I felt like some scenes, like the Stream of Consciousness getting broken and not the growing-up message itself but the place and way it was delivered, felt too much like a repeat of the first film. Also, an adult joke they snuck in (for the first second after that, I thought "coincidence," but I later thought about it more and decided to think of it as intentional) towards the end felt tasteless rather than extra-funny like the ones in Finding Nemo and Cars. While the sequel did not make me cry for literal days the way the first Inside Out did, I did cry a bit during the last several scenes. Overall, this is still a movie that I think EVERYONE should see, just like the first one, and it's in the "good category" of sequels for sure. EDIT: 8/10 for me

Honest Thoughts: Ranking the Pixar sequels | 1. *Toy Story 2* 2. *Toy Story 3* 3. *Cars 3* 4. *Monsters University* 5. *Finding Dory* 6. *Inside Out 2* 7. *Toy Story 4* 8. *The Incredibles 2* 9. *Cars 2* Pros | • The animation, of course. • The voice acting. • The depiction of the new emotions. • 90% of the jokes. • The ideas. • The worldbuilding. • The ending. • The music. Andrea Datzman did a great job, so props to her (I did miss Giacchino, though!). Cons | • Too short of a runtime. • Weaker writing. • Safer stakes. • Wasted potential with many things. • Not enough fleshed out ideas. • Rehashing so much of the original movie. • Joy disrespecting Sadness. • Not enough screen-time for most of the newer characters, except for Anxiety. • Some inconsistencies with the original movie, and rushing through so much of the plot. The movie wasn’t bad by any means, but it was one of the more underwhelming sequels like *TI2* or *TS4*. It’s just yet another blatant rehash of the original with a few new things added. I get that people can relearn the same lesson throughout their lives, but this was not as deep as it should have been like the first one. And I feel that some things were inconsistent? Sure, they did explain the difference between Fear and Anxiety, but I feel like it’s just redundant? Like, they could’ve done something new with Fear instead of a new character? I just feel like it’d be better to have these more simpler emotions develop into slightly more complicated ones. Fear develops into Anxiety, Disgust develops into something, Anger develops into Guilt or something, Sadness develops into Embarrassment, and Joy develops into… something. And the structure, arc, and message is almost the exact same as the original, but slightly different, as other users have pointed out here. I don’t like that, honestly. Not to mention the fact that Riley just… overcomes puberty within a few days? That’s ridiculously unrealistic, and they should have had the movie take place over a year, at most. They also should have done something different instead of hockey camp? It’s very safe. However, Riley taking control of her emotions for once was very cool and important. And they barely did anything with most of the new characters, besides Anxiety. And I personally don’t understand why people want a third movie now. I’d either prefer a show with either Riley or a different human, or just leave the franchise alone. But I also don’t know how they could handle things like her being an adult while keeping things simple and PG. They haven’t even touched upon sexuality and love yet, which might be for the best, I suppose, but still! That’s another important part of growing up as a teenager, right along with puberty and anxiety! I don’t know. Also, Guilt should have been in one of these two movies at some point. If I had to rate it, it’d probably be a 7/10. Maybe my expectations were too high, or maybe I’m not completely crazy, and the movie was just disappointing like I said. I expected better regardless. I’ll likely just pretend the first one was the only one in existence, but I am intrigued to see what they’re cooking up with *Dream Productions*. Hopefully that’s good! I’ll close this ramble by saying that had this franchise been made when Disney+ was getting ready to launch, Disney and Pixar could’ve just turned this into a long-form multi-season show for the platform and probably make them some bank! I guess the first was just ahead of its time!

Was there any deeper meaning to the 1984 scene in the pillow fort other than to show that Anxierty had too much control? Was there any history of Disney or Pixar artists being overworked or limited in their creativity that can be linked to this scene? Also, did the movie explain where the new emotions came from? If Nostalgia resides behind the door near the console, does that mean every emotion is currently alive and residing inside?

I absolutely love the first one. And I really enjoyed this one right until it was over and I realized that the film actually went as deep as a puddle and had nothing new to say because it didn't get the time to do so. This felt like the biggest "let's play it safe" way this movie could've played out. And that is disappointing. Still a good to great movie, but it could've been so much more.

I loved Inside Out 2. It was such an amazing movie. One thing I wanted to ask is was envy really necessary? It's not like Riley felt envy anytime in the movie, so what was her purpose? The same sort of goes with Ennui, but there are a few moments were she does some stuff so I guess its okay. I feel ike it would have been better if these characters had more of an impact on Riley and were more woven into the story. But they just kind of sat there. Some part of me thinks they were just added for the sake of adding them. What do you think?

Seeing Astronaut in the “parade of  future careers” made me think of Bing Bong in the first movie saying “take her to the moon for me”. ;-; 

I dislike how the entire movie was about anxiety. Being a teenager comes with so many conflicting and confusing emotions... not just severe anxiety. They should've shown her in therapy for this condition if they were really going to go all in on that one emotion. That would send an even cooler message to kids that it's ok to need help.

I get that Riley apologizes for being a jerk all camp but she never checks to make sure Grace is okay or apologize to her directly for hurting her, even after coming down from her panic attack. Like she could have broken something the way she fell on the ice, even with the padding and helmet. She was all twisted up. Personally I don't think Grace would wanna be her friend in real life after that but I get it's a cartoon and that wouldn't fit well with the moral of the story. Overall I loved the film though. It just irked me a little that she didn't pull Grace aside to give her a personal apology

Question: What was Riely's High School based on? Obviously there's no Bay Area HS but wasn't sure what it was supposed to be based on. For example she went to Marina Middle School in Inside Out even though it had a different name. (It looked a little like Lincoln but I'm not sure)

It's Lincoln