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Hi all,
This one seems to have almost snuck out without a huge amount of PR around it that I've seen but it's box office has been amazing for Pixar, who really needed a win after so many recent flops, with it hitting almost $300m in a just a few days. It came out a few days ago and from everything I'm seeing (even from the usual 'I hate Disney' folks) it looks like its a really good film!
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Reviews -
The Guardian - 4/5 - "What’s new is the subtle message that tribalism is toxic. And it’s subtle because the girls Riley wants to impress are nice.......The pressure to belong to a winning team leads to a panic-attack sequence as moving, and visually inventive, as anything in those impeccable Pixar spin-offs Toy Story 2 and 3."
Forbes - "it’s a beautifully crafted film that’s equal parts hilarious and moving. Pixar is at the top of its storytelling and animation game, and I can’t recommend this highly enough."
The New York Times - "[it's] a wistful conceptual dazzler about a girl that is also a testament to one of the pleasures of movies: the engagement of our emotions."
Empire - 4/5 - "Through this decade so far, Pixar’s films have held great ideas that haven’t quite reached their full potential. This is probably its best film since Coco, and best sequel since Toy Story 3."
BBC - 4/5 - "Inside Out 2 glimmers with diamond-hard truths about the complex business of being a human being – especially a teenage human being – but it's still a fast-paced and playful comedy adventure with even more jokes and more puns than Inside Out."
Telegraph - 4/5 - "It may be some time in the Hollywood animation world since Pixar was the only show in town. But on form, they remain a vital one."
Daily Mail - 4/5 - "while it can’t hope to recapture the novelty factor of the first Inside Out (indeed, the plot is basically the same, although Riley was only 11 at the start of the original), it’s otherwise even funnier, cleverer and more awesomely inventive, if not (thankfully) as emotionally devastating."
This one seems to have almost snuck out without a huge amount of PR around it that I've seen but it's box office has been amazing for Pixar, who really needed a win after so many recent flops, with it hitting almost $300m in a just a few days. It came out a few days ago and from everything I'm seeing (even from the usual 'I hate Disney' folks) it looks like its a really good film!
The little voices inside Riley’s head know her inside and out—but next summer, everything changes when Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” introduces a new Emotion: Anxiety. According to director Kelsey Mann, the new character promises to stir things up within headquarters. “Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke, might be new to the crew, but she’s not really the type to take a back seat,” said Mann. “That makes a lot of sense if you think about it in terms of what goes on inside all our minds.”
Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as 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. Maya Hawke lends her voice to Anxiety, alongside Amy Poehler as Joy, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, Lewis Black as Anger, Tony Hale as Fear, and Liza Lapira as Disgust."
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Reviews -
The Guardian - 4/5 - "What’s new is the subtle message that tribalism is toxic. And it’s subtle because the girls Riley wants to impress are nice.......The pressure to belong to a winning team leads to a panic-attack sequence as moving, and visually inventive, as anything in those impeccable Pixar spin-offs Toy Story 2 and 3."
Inside Out 2 review – an inventive and moving return to form for Pixar
In this sequel to the celebrated 2015 animation, teenage Riley battles unpredictable new emotions and peer pressure
www.theguardian.com
Forbes - "it’s a beautifully crafted film that’s equal parts hilarious and moving. Pixar is at the top of its storytelling and animation game, and I can’t recommend this highly enough."
‘Inside Out 2’ Review: The Best Pixar Movie In Years
Inside Out 2 is Pixar at the top of the studio's game. A true delight for parents and their kids.
www.forbes.com
The New York Times - "[it's] a wistful conceptual dazzler about a girl that is also a testament to one of the pleasures of movies: the engagement of our emotions."
‘Inside Out 2’ Review: PUBERTY! OMG! LOL! IYKYK!
Anxiety meets Joy in Pixar’s eager, predictably charming sequel to its innovative 2015 hit. Sadness is still around, too, as are Fear and Disgust.
www.nytimes.com
Empire - 4/5 - "Through this decade so far, Pixar’s films have held great ideas that haven’t quite reached their full potential. This is probably its best film since Coco, and best sequel since Toy Story 3."
Inside Out 2
Riley faces an influx of new emotions – Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment – in Pixar's Inside Out sequel. Read the Empire review.
www.empireonline.com
BBC - 4/5 - "Inside Out 2 glimmers with diamond-hard truths about the complex business of being a human being – especially a teenage human being – but it's still a fast-paced and playful comedy adventure with even more jokes and more puns than Inside Out."
Inside Out 2 review: Pixar sequel could be this summer's best Hollywood entertainment
Inside Out 2 "glimmers with diamond-hard truths about the complex business of being a human" – and has one of the year's best punchlines.
www.bbc.com
Telegraph - 4/5 - "It may be some time in the Hollywood animation world since Pixar was the only show in town. But on form, they remain a vital one."
Inside Out 2: This terrific, high-stakes sequel proves Pixar’s still a force to be reckoned with
Set inside the turbulent mind of a teenage girl, Kelsey Mann’s animation juggles big concepts in fun, ingenious and surprisingly moving ways
www.telegraph.co.uk
Daily Mail - 4/5 - "while it can’t hope to recapture the novelty factor of the first Inside Out (indeed, the plot is basically the same, although Riley was only 11 at the start of the original), it’s otherwise even funnier, cleverer and more awesomely inventive, if not (thankfully) as emotionally devastating."
LARUSHKA IVAN-ZADEH reviews Inside Out 2
Once upon a time, cartoons were populated by cute, dancing animals and fairytale princesses. No longer, if Inside Out 2 is anything to go by.
www.dailymail.co.uk