Deathy’s review published on Letterboxd:
Score : 9.2/10 ✅
-Maybe that's what happens when you grow up, you feel less joy.
Pixar’s element of surprise move in full swing – I expected to like it and I left astonished by how much I loved it. That third act was the ultimate self-examination-gut-punch that I needed.
It has all of the things you loved from the first movie but now with an interesting touch of organized disorder. I’d say this sequel is probably best appreciated if the exploration of nuanced emotions is your cup of tea.
The new emotions are introduced rapidly, gain momentum very quickly and bring Riley’s internal conflict to a new level. Anxiety takes mostly the stage but it’s also the main reason why it is so interesting. If we let worried thoughts win then we fall into a cyclone of inner turmoil. There’s specifically a scene that hits close to home where Anxiety is losing control and Joy comes to the rescue. I’ll admit one thing, and it speaks volumes about how it affected me, but I’d say this scene is perhaps the most important scene of Pixar’s filmography. Like I said, to me.
I’ve experienced a few panic attacks in my life and Inside Out 2 may be the first movie that has materialized something about a problem that I had to deal with for a long time. Bringing people closer to me, reducing fake scenarios in my head and explaining disruptive thoughts were the ways to decrease my high anxiety. So to see Riley going all through this – in a rushed succession, felt like we were on the same wavelength.
To me, Inside Out 2 is much better than the first one. I’m not saying this because I laughed more or because I found the anxiety part very relatable to my own life. I feel it’s a very important movie that arrived at the perfect time when sharing internal struggles is becoming (more) socially accepted.
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