After nearly a decade’s wait, the sequel to Pete Docter’s brainy animated hit delineating the havoc of warring ‘humors’ inside a suburban girl’s head, retains its smarts & emotional weight while making a few vocal and creative replacements as they up the panicking cast of needs & desires fighting for the ‘mood control board’ (they look like they’re playing foosball for one) by sending 13-yr-old Riley thru puberty. Fortunately, no shaving as yet needed! Still, plenty of angst as she and her two ‘besties’ go thru an intense hockey workshop program. Amy Poehler holds first-position as ‘Joy,’ now challenged for top-spot by ‘Anxiety.’ The film an immediate classic if you go by box-office numbers (by run’s end it will more than double the original), with the effect of the film perfectly mirroring the plot (Docter now one of many producers, director/co-writer Kelsey Mann the main creative) which sees Riley discovering that after a summer vacation, ‘besties’ are still really good friends, but not quite the essential/eternal pals they were only a couple of months ago. Precisely the feeling you get out of the film. Don’t expect the exponential emotional increase found in a TOY STORY 3 and you’ll be more than satisfied.
DOUBLE-BILL/LINK: You’ll certainly want to revisit the original, but unless you’ve not seen it before, watch ‘2' first, as the original is good enough to make this look like the less sharp carbon copy it largely is. https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2022/03/inside-out-2015.html
ATTENTION MUST BE PAID: With so many new emoji-like characters for Riley’s new hard-to-control feelings, the film is just as jam-packed & busy as it looks on our poster. (Bet they overstuff on purpose to encourage multiple viewings from kids who’ll demand parental units pony up for some kind of multiple viewing option.)
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