They are all living up in Headquarters (Riley’s brain), where the de facto leader of the group, and the first emotion created, Joy ( Amy Poehler) keeps watch over it all, guiding Riley (and us) through the twists and turns of growing up. They include Anger ( Lewis Black ), a stout, crimson red figure with a short fuse, Disgust ( Mindy Kaling), a green character who appears mostly when broccoli is around, Fear ( Bill Hader), a jittery type who does his best to keep Riley safe, and Sadness ( Phyllis Smith), a frumpy mournful puff of blue who can’t keep from feeling down.
Inside Out is a 2015 animated film about young girl who moves to a new city, dealing with conflicting emotions, of whom five try to save her in her mind.įrom the opening tones of Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out, you know something is different, the almost melancholy and yet uplifting chords that introduce the story of Riley, a baby that grows from the indie out sort of speak as we watch from behind here eyes mostly through the varying viewpoints of her anthropomorphized emotions.
