Voices Everywhere (Inside Out Review)

Inside Out Review

Written by Huzaifa Khan on June 19, 2015.

Our brain is such a complex tool. With an incredible amount of nerves and actions to control, you'd assume we'd have someone to maneuver us through it all. And if you've always wondered this exact same question, then you're in nothing but luck, because That is exactly what Pixar's latest masterpiece (emphasis on the word masterpiece), Inside Out plays on for its main story, and does it phenomenally well for audiences of all ages.

The movie centers around Riley, a young girl who gets it dropped on her that she's just picking everything up and moving her entire life from Minnesota to San Francisco. And obviously, she's not ecstatic about it, and neither are her emotions. Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust, all of her primary emotions, are struggling to keep the ship that is her mind afloat throughout all this chaos, shedding a much needed light on a child's inner workings along the way. Yes, this plot description may seem extremely vague at the moment, but it's simply because I'm hoping to send you all into this movie the same way I did, with minimal information for an incredible experience, and boy does it pay off.

If I were to start off with the negatives of this movie in terms of what I didn't like or enjoy, I'd be severely out of luck, because there is pretty much nothing I can find in that field. Inside Out manages to revitalize the magic of Pixar that we fell in love with so many years ago, with classics such as Finding Nemo, Toy Story, and The Incredibles. The story, performances, humour, and just about every other aspect of this movie is nothing but animated perfection overall.

Speaking about the performances, each emotion really had their own time to shine in this movie. While some a little more over others, audiences will easily be able to connect to each individual emotion pleasantly well, no matter their favourites. I won't go much into each character for the sake of not spoiling this masterpiece, but the performances really were something else. The cast of Amy Poehler as Joy, Lewis Black as Anger, Mindy Kaling as Disgust, Bill Hader as Fear, and Phyllis Smith as Sadness, really come together and compliment the film very well through their outstanding voice talents and charismatic natures overall.

Touching on the humour really quick, there's a reason adults are still huge fans of Pixar movies, to some extent. And this movie really does everything and more to recapture that audience, while still catering to the expected yougn ones as well. Jokes fly abroad in this movie, and both adults and kids will find plenty to bust their gut with. The fun part was how Pixar managed to work in jokes for all mindsets, so there are definitely a lot of jokes that kids are going to absolutely die at, but keep an eye out for a subtle joke here and there that will definitely appeal to the more adult crowd, bringing a great balance to the screen.

The plot, without giving too much away, managed to do the impossible and evoke countless emotions in everyone, including myself. With joy, sadness, laughter, and some tears running here and there (I blame the silent onion cutting ninjas), this movie truly does present a story that will benchmark its status as a classic for the ages to come.

Was this review extremely vague? Yes. But it's because this movie was everything I wanted it to be and so much more on every level, and to deprive someone of that experience would truly be a crime in itself.

Truth be told, Pixar has hit it out of the park and won the series with Inside Out. This movie is perfect in almost every sense of the word, and revitalizes the expectations for animated movies everywhere. I really wouldn't be surprised if 10 years down the road, this was used as the golden standard to uphold all animated movies to. In all honesty, only an idiot would skip over this movie, and that's just the truth.

KhanFlix Rating: 10/10

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