Inside Out is as beautiful as it is abstract, as daring as it is intelligent. The movie flies on the wings of an almost too-real message - that sadness is an inevitable and necessary part of life. It would've been easy for any of Pixar's past films to crumple under the weight of such a heavy objective without cute robots, earnest cowboys, squirrel-chasing dogs, and rainbow-hued balloons to lighten things up. That emotional fissure in Riley's psyche is where Inside Out lives, as Docter and Del Carmen (who co-directed and co-wrote the film with Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley) explore universal feelings like joy and sadness, boil them down to their elemental cores, personify them, and invite us to see how they shape us and the people we love, one memory at a time.Īttempting to anthropomorphize human thought and emotion is a daunting, conceptually challenging task. She's talking to her parents, who have moved the family from bucolic Minnesota to the intimidating city of San Francisco. "You need me to be happy," says 11-year-old Riley ( Kaitlyn Dias), the movie's precocious protagonist, during one of the film's most poignant scenes. And the tradition continues this summer with the release of Peter Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen's Inside Out - the studio's most thoughtful and ambitious film to date.
I can't even talk about 2009's Up without thinking of that montage, while 2010's Toy Story 3 had that gut-wrenching moment when all the toys hold hands. In 2008, WALL-E made me shed tears when EVE tried to piece the tiny robot back together.
Take a look at the special preview, and stay tuned for more footage as we get closer to this summer release date.Pixar could teach a graduate-level course in making grown adults weep at animated children's movies. Pete Docter ( Up, WALL-E) directs Inside Out, which arrives in theaters June 19. The voice cast also includes Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan as Riley's mother and father, although they are not featured in this video. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. 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. All of the emotions, Joy ( Amy Poehler), Disgust ( Mindy Kaling), Fear ( Bill Hader), Anger ( Lewis Black) and Sadness ( Phyllis Smith) are put on display as 11-year-old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) watches footage from the Puppy Bowl.
During Puppy Bowl XL earlier today, Disney Pixar debuted a new trailer for their next animated film Inside Out, which gives us a better understanding at how the emotions of a young girl truly works. Several studios used Super Bowl XLIX as a platform to promote a number of highly-anticipated upcoming movies, but, just as Super Bowl Sunday is a beloved annual tradition for sports and advertising fans alike, Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl has become a popular alternative to the big game.