Inside Out

 Inside Out 2015

• Director: Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen
• Cast: Voices of Amy Pohler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan

·       Why? It is mentioned in Thomas Dixon’s book A Very Short Introduction to the History of Emotions as one of the most influential representations of the emotional history theory of basic emotions.

• Seen: 2 November 2026      

       Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger have all taken care of Riley and her emotions since the day she was born. They are dismayed that Riley, at age 11, moves from Minnesota to San Francisco with her parents.

       Joy and company run into serious trouble and poor Riley’s emotions are in chaos, mostly anger and sadness. Joy does her cheerful, optimistic and annoying best to fix things but Sadness (my new favourite gif) proves to be the key.

       It’s clever, the animation is colourful and imaginative, and the depiction of conflicting and heavy emotions is more realistic than one would expect from a Disney Pixel film. 

4 * of 5