Inside Out 2
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Inside Out 2 is a 2024 American animated coming-of-age film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to Inside Out, it was directed by Kelsey Mann (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Mark Nielsen, from a screenplay written by Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein, and a story conceived by Mann and LeFauve. It was released on June 14, 2024, nine years after the original.
Plot
Two years after the events of Inside Out, Riley's emotions experience significant puberty, which brings with it new emotions.
Why It's STILL Emotional
- Incredible animation that is a step up from the previous film. It combines 2D, 3D, and video game animation incredibly well. If you look closely, we would also like to mention how everything feels much brighter than in the last film.
- The emotions are still likable as they were in the previous film.
- The new emotions are just as likable as well.
- Anxiety wants Riley to be on the hockey team, even if it means having Riley be cruel to her former friends. She eventually learns her lesson at the end. She's probably the closest thing this film has to an antagonist.
- Envy, despite being based on Jealousy, is nothing short of adorable.
- Ennui, despite being heavily uninterested, is always there for the emotions despite always prefer being on her phone.
- Embarrassment is a gentle giant who helps Sadness take back the console from Anxiety. He even speaks at the end of the film.
- The new emotions are just as likable as well.
- There are still hilarious moments.
- Joy calls Ennui "Wee Wee", and Ennui does not like it.
- Nostalgia bursting into the control room randomly during the movie.
- Anger is still as hilarious as he was in the first movie.
- Bloofy is a parody of every preschool kid's mascot. Even more hilarious is that he's specifically meant to be a parody of Mickey Mouse. Pixar which Disney owns proves that Disney is willing to poke fun of itself now and then.
- Bloofy's pouch, Pouchy, has dynamite. Lots of dynamite. He helps the emotions get back to the control room.
- Lance Slashblade, voiced by YongYea himself, curls into a ball as his super move. You can imagine how much it fails at how much damage it causes.
- Then again, Lance's super form knocked out the memory police.
- The Sar-Chasm scene.
- There's even a scene referencing the "Distracted Boyfriend" meme.
- Likewise, the dramatic moments work too.
- Anxiety means well, but has to betray the old emotions to get Riley on the hockey team.
- Riley has to toughen up and be rough on her former friends to get on the team.
- Riley having a panic attack is praised as a realistic depiction. It almost rivals Puss In Boots: The Last Wish level of a panic attack.
- The vocal performances are great, along with the new actors as well.
- Lisa Lapira and Tony Hale (who also voiced Forky in Toy Story 4 and Forky Asks a Question), do great jobs voicing Disgust and Fear and are great replacements for Mindy Kaling and Bill Hader.
- Like the previous film, there is no villain. While Anxiety might be the closest thing to an antagonist, she has good intentions for Riley.
- Great direction from Kelsey Mann, to which this film started his directorial career on a very good note!
- This film is seen as a return form for Disney; after a sea of box office flops throughout 2023, the fact that this film is a smash hit at the box office means Disney is back for its fans.
- Bing Bong, Riley's imaginary friend in the first movie, makes a cameo as a toy on Joy's bed, the same with his wagon rocket.
- It has a wonderful message of how there are no bad emotions in life. Yes, Anxiety does seem like the one who hijacks Riley's mind but the moral becomes clear that you can't get rid of your negative emotions as they are part of life. Instead of sugarcoating the message, it starts to feel real as Riley begins to be back to herself as soon as Joy takes control and reconciles with the new emotions. This is especially true when teens end up facing this issue due to Riley now being 13.
- Pixar hired some teens to take a closer look at the film during development and the teens at Pixar helped the film crew by making every character that is a teen feel as accurate as possible while feeling natural.
Delusional Qualities That Deserved To Be Forgotten
- The plot is somewhat rehashed from the previous film, in which an emotion takes control of the control panel and does not let the others take control of it only for that emotion to make things worse unintentionally, causing Riley to have an emotional breakdown until the emotion realizes that they need others to make Riley better.
- Despite Lance being the coolest part of the film, he is never seen again after doing his super move except for the fact that he appears as a likeness on a Mount Rushmore-like place.
- Bloofy is also never seen again after the locked scene.
- While Lisa Lapira and Tony Hale do great jobs voicing Disgust and Fear, respectively, and are great replaces for Mindy Kaling and Bill Hader, it can come across as off that the two were recast, especially if you were used to Kaling and Hader voicing their characters in the first movie.
- In fact, the reason why they were recast was because of a pay dispute between Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader, and Disney.
Trivia
- This movie has the same budget and box office numbers as Incredibles 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, and Finding Dory.
- Coincidentally, Tony Hale and Bill Hader had previously starred in The Angry Birds Movie franchise.
- Pixar wanted three more emotions Shame, Suspicious, and Guilt. They were removed due to having enough emotions to work with.
- Concept art showed different designs for Anxiety. One of them was a Godzilla parody that starts medium-sized normally but will grow bigger if fought and shrinks smaller calmed down.
- Similar to other characters like Tweety and Jigglypuff, Anxiety is often mistaken for a male due to his overall design and masculine voice.
- The film paid tribute to the late puppeteer Carol Spinney (who is well-known for his roles on Sesame Street, most notably Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch) in the form of a pizza chain.
- Ironically, Frank Oz (one of Sesame Street's muppeters), voices various characters in Pixar movies.
- As of September 2024, it is the highest-grossing animated movie ever, having earned $12 million more than 2019's The Lion King.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 227 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Spicing things up with the wrinkle of teen angst, Inside Out 2 clears the head and warms the heart by living up to its predecessor's emotional intelligence."
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