Jack and I enjoyed this animated story of the anthropomorphic emotions inside a young girl's head when her parents move her across the country. Chris liked it so much he saw it three times so we saw it once, which was good. It is a strange concept and, as such, has been analyzed a great deal, including in this spoiler-filled article.
Starring Amy Poehler (profiled in They Came Together, which I didn't like) as Joy, Phyllis Smith (she has been in a movie, Bad Teacher, in addition to 187 episodes of The Office) as Sadness, Bill Hader (last blogged in The Skeleton Twins) as Fear, Lewis Black (he's done some movies, beginning with a tenth-billed role as Paul in Hannah and her Sisters (1986), and TV, but is best known as an acerbic comedian) as Anger, Mindy Kaling (after I mentioned her small part in No Strings Attached she got her own series, The Mindy Project, which is a big hit) as Disgust, Diane Lane (starting as a teenager in A Little Romance (1979), she's worked steadily and well on, among others, The Outsiders (1983), Rumble Fish (1983), The Cotton Club (1984), Chaplin (1992), Unfaithful (2002), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Fierce People (2005), Must Love Dogs (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), and, my personal favorite, A Walk on the Moon (1999)) and Kyle McLachlan (covered in Mao's Last Dancer) as the parents, Kaitlyn Dias (this is her second feature) as the girl Riley, and Richard Kind (most recently in these pages for Obvious Child) as her toy Bing Bong. There's a host of cameos, including Paula Poundstone, Frank Oz, Laraine Newman, and Flea (bassist of the band the Red Hot Chili Peppers).
Co-directors Pete Docter (last blogged in Up, for which he won his Oscar) and Ronaldo del Carmen (his first time directing a feature) are credited with the story; Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley (first time for the latter two) with the screenplay; and Poehler and Hader with additional dialogue--you can probably tell which parts, as Joy's dialogue does bear a certain resemblance to Leslie Knope's, Poehler's character on Parks and Recreation.
The sprightly soundtrack, which can be streamed from this link, is by Michael Giacchino, who also won his Oscar working with Docter on Up. After 11 weeks release Inside Out is second only to Jurassic World in current movies' earnings, which happens to have been Giacchino's last appearance in these pages.
Inside Out had been on the big screens for a while when we saw it over six weeks ago, but it's still raking in the dough. We didn't spring for the 3D version but we had fun, as did the critics, 98% of whom loved it on Rotten Tomatoes, and their audiences, at 90%.
Starring Amy Poehler (profiled in They Came Together, which I didn't like) as Joy, Phyllis Smith (she has been in a movie, Bad Teacher, in addition to 187 episodes of The Office) as Sadness, Bill Hader (last blogged in The Skeleton Twins) as Fear, Lewis Black (he's done some movies, beginning with a tenth-billed role as Paul in Hannah and her Sisters (1986), and TV, but is best known as an acerbic comedian) as Anger, Mindy Kaling (after I mentioned her small part in No Strings Attached she got her own series, The Mindy Project, which is a big hit) as Disgust, Diane Lane (starting as a teenager in A Little Romance (1979), she's worked steadily and well on, among others, The Outsiders (1983), Rumble Fish (1983), The Cotton Club (1984), Chaplin (1992), Unfaithful (2002), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Fierce People (2005), Must Love Dogs (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), and, my personal favorite, A Walk on the Moon (1999)) and Kyle McLachlan (covered in Mao's Last Dancer) as the parents, Kaitlyn Dias (this is her second feature) as the girl Riley, and Richard Kind (most recently in these pages for Obvious Child) as her toy Bing Bong. There's a host of cameos, including Paula Poundstone, Frank Oz, Laraine Newman, and Flea (bassist of the band the Red Hot Chili Peppers).
Co-directors Pete Docter (last blogged in Up, for which he won his Oscar) and Ronaldo del Carmen (his first time directing a feature) are credited with the story; Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley (first time for the latter two) with the screenplay; and Poehler and Hader with additional dialogue--you can probably tell which parts, as Joy's dialogue does bear a certain resemblance to Leslie Knope's, Poehler's character on Parks and Recreation.
The sprightly soundtrack, which can be streamed from this link, is by Michael Giacchino, who also won his Oscar working with Docter on Up. After 11 weeks release Inside Out is second only to Jurassic World in current movies' earnings, which happens to have been Giacchino's last appearance in these pages.
Inside Out had been on the big screens for a while when we saw it over six weeks ago, but it's still raking in the dough. We didn't spring for the 3D version but we had fun, as did the critics, 98% of whom loved it on Rotten Tomatoes, and their audiences, at 90%.
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