Inside Out 2 (2024)
Inside Out 2
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After several creative and box office stumbles, Disney doubles down with sequels from Pixar – probably its most acclaimed studio in recent years – so it might be hard to get excited about Inside Out 2 after seeing Lightyear or Toy Story 4. However, this is a fortunate exception to the rule. Despite essentially repeating the same formula as the first installment – the protagonist, Riley, experiences many changes in her life in a very short span of time, and we see how her personified emotions deal with it – this sequel manages to take the concepts and expand them. Now, the five basic emotions must make room in Riley's mind for more complex ones, such as Anxiety (voiced in English by Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edebiri), and Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos), among others. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, because it doesn’t need to: the second part offers a very fun, emotional, and educational glimpse into the chaos of the human mind during puberty.
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Teenager Riley’s mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.
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