Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Riley Andersen, Age 11You read that right. An eleven-year-old girl from California by way of Minnesota is the primary setting for Inside Out. We see what happens to Riley in the physical world, too...

Inside Out is torn between two worlds: what happens to Riley in modern-day San Francisco and the metaphorical depictions of those events that take place inside her head."Torn" was probably too stro...

AnimationAnimation is a lot like Superman: it's fantastic, colorful, and straddles two worlds. For Superman, those worlds are Earth and Krypton; for animation, they're genre and technique.Animation...

The title Inside Out refers to the fact that we're given an exclusive peek at what's going on inside Riley's noggin. We're privy to her emotional ups and downs and witness how decisions are made.We...

Inside Out concludes with a callback to the very beginning of the film. Allow us to refresh your memory. The movie starts with Joy setting the scene, via voiceover. We meet the rest of Riley's emot...

PGInside Out earns its PG rating mainly for heavy ideas that may go over kids' heads, like the bittersweet nature of nostalgia and the loss of childhood. Riley's stress dream gets intense, as well;...