Inside Out (2015)

Toilet Review: Tiny people control your emotions in your head.

All my life I’ve spoken, jokingly,  about how there is a small drunk man driving my body and he is either too pissed or asleep at the wheel most of the time. It explains my propensity to stick my foot in my mouth and my inability to walk in a straight line really well!

This movie does one better. It shows that not only is there one man, but there are five, all taking on different emotions and each taking turns to “drive” or interact with the outside world. We meet Joy (Amy Poehler). Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Fear (Bill Hader), all of whom live in an eleven year old girls head, Riley. Normally Riley is a happy child who enjoys hockey and being with her friends, but when her parents pack up the family and move from Minnesota to San Francisco, things start to go downhill.

I don’t want to spoil this movie. It wouldn’t be fair. I really enjoyed it. The absolutely delightful systems that are shown as to how memory is stored and how some memories end up fading away is just so unique. Most of the movie takes place within Riley’s own mind, but we get to see how she manages to function when Joy and Sadness end up going on a bit of a road trip.

Some of my absolute favourite sequences involved seeing inside other people’s heads, and how their emotions interact. We see inside Riley’s parents’ minds and the subtle differences are great. I loved the end sequence, with the boy, the dog and especially the cat.

Well worth watching even if you don’t have kids to watch it with