Inside Out Review

Inside Out

Release Date: 9th June 2015 - Australia
(Sydney Film Festival)

Production Companies

Walt Disney Pictures (presents)

Pixar Animation Studios

Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia

Genre: Animation/Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 102 minutes


Budget: $175,000,000

Box Office Gross:

$858,852,998 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Growing up can be

challenging, but this is

no exception for Riley,

who has moved from her

Midwest town to San

Francisco, where her

father begins a new job.

Like all of us, Riley has

her emotions to guide her,

including Joy, Fear, Anger,

Disgust and Sadness.

The emotions live in

Headquarters, the control

centre of Riley's mind.

They help her to navigate

through everyday life.

Headquarters is in turmoil

as Riley and her emotions

try to settle into a new life

in San Francisco. Joy,

Riley's primary and most

important emotion, tries

to keep things positive,

but the other emotions

clash over how best to

navigate a new city, house

and school.

Voice Cast

Amy Poehler - Joy
Phyllis Smith - Sadness

Bill Hader - Fear
Lewis Black - Anger
Mindy Kaling - Disgust
Richard Kind - Bing Bong
Kaitlyn Dyas - Riley
Diane Lane - Riley's Mom
Kyle MacLachlan - Riley's Dad
Paula Poundstone - Forgetter Paul
Bobby Moynihan - Forgetter Bobby
Josh Cooley - Jangles
Dave Goelz - Subconscious

Guard Frank (Cameo)
Frank Oz - Subconscious

Guard Dave (Cameo)
Flea - Mind Worker Cop Jake (Cameo)
John Ratzenberger - Fritz (Cameo)
Rashida Jones - Cool Girl's Emotions
Peter Sagal - Clown's Joy
Paula Pell - Dream Director/

Mom's Anger/Additional Voices

Carlos Alazraqui - Helicopter Pilot/

Additional Voices

Crew

Original Story/Screenplay/
Director - Pete Docter
Original Story/Co-Director - Ronnie Del Carmen
Additional Story Material - Michael Arndt

and Simon Rich
Screenplay - Meg LeFauve and
Josh Cooley
Additional Dialogue - Bob Petersen,

Amy Poehler and Bill Hader

Associate Producer - Mark Nielsen
Executive Producers - Andrew Stanton
and John Lasseter
Producer - Jonas Rivera
Production Designer - Ralph Eggleston

Character Art Director - Albert Lozano

Sets Art Director - Daniel Holland

Shading Art Director - Bert Berry

Art Coordinators - May Losotaluno

and Pauline Chu

Story Supervisor - Josh Cooley

Story Manager - Samantha Wilson

Story/Animation Sketch Artist - Tony Fucile

Character & Sets Supervisor - Robert Moyer
Character Supervisor - Sajan Skaria 

Director of Photography: Camera - Patrick Lin
Director of Photography: Lighting - Kim White

Supervising Technical Director - Michael Fong

Production Manager - Dana Murray

Directing Animator - Jaime Landes Roe
Supervising Animators - Shawn Krause
and Victor Navone

Effects Supervisor - Gary Bruins

Lighting Leads - Sudeep Rangaswamy,

Angelique Reisch and Michael Sparber

Simulation Supervisor - Edwin Chang

Rendering Supervisor - Alexander Kolliopoulos

Global Technology and Second Unit & Crowds

Supervisor - William Reeves

Second Unit & Crowds Animation Supervisor -

Paul Mendoza

Stereoscopic Supervisor - Bob Whitehill
Film Editor - Kevin Nolting

Second Film Editor - Jason Hudak

Additional Editing - John Bryant,

Nicholas C. Smith and Serena Warner

Editorial Managers - Jesus Martinez

and Becky Neiman
Sound Designer/Effects Recording/Supervising

Sound Editor (Uncredited) - Ren Klyce

Supervising Sound Editor - Shannon Mills

First Assistant Sound Editor - Coya Elliott

Re-Recording Mixers - Michael Semanick

and Tom Johnson

Supervising Dialogue Editor - Daniel Laurie

Original Dialogue Mixers - Doc Kane

and Vince Caro

Foley Artists - John Roesch

and Alyson Dee Moore
Music - Michael Giacchino

Music Supervisor - Tom MacDougall

Executive Music Producer - Chris Montan

Review

While Pixar revisits its glory days of churning out one of the latest animations of 2015, I was fortunate enough to experience INSIDE OUT as a newfound piece of storytelling that takes you on a strange journey into the human subconscious. This film sees Pixar return to critical acclaim after losing some of its lustre with its lesser-known movies, like Cars 2. It takes me back to my childhood memory of an earlier feature I have seen of Osmosis Jones, except it has a different plotline and a similar setup with Bill Murray in only the live-action scenes.

The creative team at Pixar made INSIDE OUT with the strong story and themes commonly used in the studio's previous modern classics. I was impressed by the digital animation that creates the look, and it even becomes bizarre where, at one time, the three characters end up in a room where they keep changing into three forms of dimensional art.

The movie delves into the unique cleverness of its subject matter with poignancy in its core of emotions. The voice acting is exceptional, with Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black and Richard Kind giving credit to their characters. The score by Michael Giacchino is so perfect to hear in its vibrancy, and it exceeded my expectations.

INSIDE OUT is as close to the best in animation as you could get. It's terrific and has a plot that will appeal to young audiences and the themes they relate to. I highly recommend it to animation fans, especially those who like Pixar films.

Star rating: (9/10) Excellent Movie

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