Inside Out

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Inside Out

PG

2015

1h 36m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Fantasy

Animation

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Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl, but her world turns upside-down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. Riley's emotions -- led by Joy (Amy Poehler) -- try to guide her through this difficult, life-changing event. However, the stress of the move brings Sadness (Phyllis Smith) to the forefront. When Joy and Sadness are inadvertently swept into the far reaches of Riley's mind, the only emotions left in Headquarters are Anger, Fear and Disgust.

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Critics Consensus

Inventive, gorgeously animated, and powerfully moving, Inside Out is another outstanding addition to the Pixar library of modern animated classics.

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Aramide Tinubu

Stylecaster

Jun 19, 2019

Almost as if someone realized that kids were people too...Inside Out truly pushed the envelope when it comes to kiddy flicks.

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

Jun 10, 2016

4/4

Inside Out, which is co-directed by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen, may be [Pixar's] most inventive film yet.

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Nicholas Barber

BBC.com

Dec 8, 2015

4/5

In the first half of the film, I was being piloted by Confusion and Dissatisfaction. But by the end, Joy was very much in charge.

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Lexi Amoriello

Movie Recs by Lex

Jul 11, 2026

This is the movie I needed when I was younger.

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Clotilde Chinnici

Loud and Clear Reviews

Sep 15, 2024

4/5

It is not easy to depict something at complex as depression, or something that resembles depression in Riley’s case. But Inside Out somehow makes sense of it.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Aug 2, 2024

The voice casting is impeccable and the psychology of this film is brilliant.

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Mei

Jun 27, 2022

wonderful and beautiful

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Abs B

@Abs_B 11 hrs ago

I can't believe this is 11 years old. Such a clever movie about emotions as children grow.

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Brahnavan B

@i_love_movie_theatres_more_than_u 1 day ago

One of the best films for kids...and adults too.

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Mild C

@MildNathathida Aug 25, 2026

It’s such a touching film. I almost cried watching it. The soft, gentle music was already so lovely to listen to, and then I came across this message, which made it even more emotional: "This film is dedicated to our kids. Please don’t grow up. Ever." It gave me this feeling of, "Please don’t grow up. Stay like this. I just want my child to be happy."

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David W

@RT98524078 Aug 14, 2026

What we saw was not "Riley's Joy." Not "Riley's Sadness." Instead, we saw Joy and Sadness, Anger and Disgust and Fear, cast as archetypes, and completely removed from our protagonist. An understandable choice, if you want comedy A-Listers doing the voiceovers, but it had an impact on my viewing experience. This distance was part of her character design and realization. Unlike every other character in the film whose inner life we encounter--the mom, the dad, other kids, her teacher, animals, you name it--Riley's personified emotions were abstracted from the core of her eleven-year-old personality. The dad's emotions looked and acted like versions of him. The mom's? The same. The cat's? Brilliantly, hysterically so. But for the character who provides our core narrative, her emotions were only part of her in the way that employees are part of a corporation, which meant it did not feel like she was a realized person. It didn't seem, well, like Riley had a...cough...soul.

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Meghan W

@Meghan506 Jul 26, 2026

The movie Inside Out is really great. It is a really great movie for children. I really recommend it.

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Synopsis

Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl, but her world turns upside-down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. Riley's emotions -- led by Joy (Amy Poehler) -- try to guide her through this difficult, life-changing event. However, the stress of the move brings Sadness (Phyllis Smith) to the forefront. When Joy and Sadness are inadvertently swept into the far reaches of Riley's mind, the only emotions left in Headquarters are Anger, Fear and Disgust.

Director: Pete Docter
Producer: Jonas Rivera
Screenwriter: Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Action|Mild Thematic Elements)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 19, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 3, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.0M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Datasat

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