I have an autistic child who was 8 when this came out. She had a very difficult time understanding, explaining, and expressing her emotions. We had always loved Pixar and took her to see this in theaters. It was the best thing we could’ve done for her. The personification of each emotion helped her to understand each one. She was able to tell us what was going on in her own head by using each character as if they actually existed in her mind. Thanks to this movie, we were better able to understand our child. We mentioned this to her therapist, who at the time had never heard of the movie. After she watched it, the hospital started incorporating the characters in their therapy sessions, and still do to this day.
I have autism as well, and even I had a difficult time understanding my emotions. When I was about five or maybe six years old, I would watch Toy Story and Toy Story 2 a lot, and when I got angry as a kid, I would sometimes quote Woody and sometimes even the Prospector. I’m really glad this movie worked out well for your daughter. Hopefully, she’ll understand her emotions better.
I've seen a lot of mental health professionals heap praise on this. Ratatouille explained the world of food. Inside Out did the same for mental health.
As a psychologist with autism myself, I must say this movie also helped a lot of non-autistic people to better understand their own emotions as well. Culturally, we live in a society that strongly values joy (even a toxic or false one) and heavily repress everything else, sadness in special. We don't have the "right" to grieve over anything, soon someone will invade and say "don't cry", or "don't be sad", or "look at how fortunate you are next to X, Y and Z", and many other (honestly?) very toxic statements to invalidate our sadness. All people need to cry, need to feel all their emotions, there is no "bad" emotion, and this movie was brilliant when adressing Joy's and Sadness' conflict and how it affected Riley's life. I was very fortunate, watched it when it was still in the big screen (I was in University, and actually could discuss this movie in classes), and used it in my sessions ever since. It made my job easier when it's time to explain the emotions to patients. PS: Sorry for my wonky English, it's not my first language.
@@AnaReginaNica You may find this letter to my friend a kind of acceptance of sadness.: -- When the day comes, either from age or otherwise, that my final heart beat has come, and I can no longer speak to you, no longer hug you, no longer listen to your words or hear your voice, remember that I had a long and active life. Not all that I wished, but all that I could contain in such a short number of years. I have a family that loves me, a long history of people who called me a true friend., and on so many occasions I passed along some happy thoughts in the lives of others, as you have done. -- Hold onto those words, when words turn into quiet echos in your heart. It is a privilege that we have, to feel the grief of a loss. It is a human right, to hold onto a love that once was in our daily life. The privilege of being sad helps us to see what really matters. Should the world take you from me first, I will hold you in my own heart, as I hold my late father's life, even now.
The element of this movie that a lot of people tend to overlook is the concept of "toxic happiness". You can't be happy all the time without repressing a LOT of emotions. And speaking of emotions, I LOVE how NONE of the emotions are actually depicted as "bad" emotions.. They're ALL looking out for Riley, like how they said Fear keeps her out of trouble, and that Anger is just very passionate about things on Riley's behalf. It really validates people's emotions by depicting them as helpful things that can "misfire", rather than forces out to get us and we should fight. There's just SO many layers to this. I honestly believe that this is a "teaching movie". Everyone should see this as it can enlighten a LOT of people to concepts in mental health by personifying emotions rather than just using words and abstract concepts. It's really at a genius level of film-making.
Yep, particularly a lot of people don't notice that it's actually Joy rather than Sadness who causes everything to go so wrong. Things aren't exactly going too well beforehand but the main issue comes when the sad core memory appears, Joy's toxic positivity causes her to try and prevent it from becoming a core memory, which is how all the other core memories fall out and get sucked into Long Term with Joy and Sadness, causing the entire depressive episode and the fallout. Up to that point Riley is feeling sad a fair bit (quite reasonably under the circumstances) but is still functioning fine, it's the toxic positivity from Joy (and the Mam) that turns it into a depressive episode which send Riley's feelings out of control and impair her ability to function.
I love how Sadness is portrayed in this. She's not a bad character, she's simply doing what she was made to do, and she isn't really sure why. She touches the old memories because that's how sadness works, happy things become sad when they're gone. Other characters try to ''bottle her up'' and it ruins everything, makes it all worse, and causes depression. When sadness is back, joy can come back too. If everything was happy all the time, we wouldn't appreciate it.
I kinda like that she says sorry, and then just continues being herself. She really feels bad for upsetting others. But she doesn't simply get to decide to be different. She's Sadness. If others don't like it, that sucks for everyone, but too bad, she's there for good.
As someone who went through terrible depression, the console going black and them saying the line, "we can't make Riley feel anything" hit so stupidly hard.
Same here. I was not expecting to be hit so hard and relate to a Pixar film so much, especially since I was 25 when I first watched it lol. I love this movie so much.
@@Z1gguratVert1go I can understand what you mean. But for me, the console going black and them saying that line summed it up into, "Depression isn't sadness. Depression is the absence of emotion."
One of my fav, animated movie. It handles the topic quite well, from sadness's tendency to touch old happy memories and turning it sad(the sad feeling of when you reminisce days gone by) and how depression isn't and equivalent of overwhelming sadness but in essence a complete void of emotion, where you cant force yourself to feel anything except numbness and apathy.
Funnily enough, the Bing Bong scene never really hits me all that hard. I still find it sad certainly, but it doesn't really devastate me in the same way it does with other. On the other hand, the scene at the end where Riley finally admits about how sad she feels and her parents comfort her and tell her they feel the same way? Now that one wrecks me every single time
Same dude...same. Even watching this react video...knowing that moment was about to happen. Bing Bong being the benevolent hero he needed to be at the right time to save his friend...doesn't matter if it's animated or not, that shit's gonna get me.
To be fair, in the words of the screenwriters the first act is basically made to brainwash you into thinking joy is right even though she has a really messed up way of thinking really. So, from her perspective Sadness is just an obstacle, someone who is kind of there to mess everything up and not much else. But throughout the film we slowly get to see more and more of why Sadness is essential for everything to work, and why she’s just completely misunderstood really. The film tricks you into thinking she’s annoying at first so you can experience the literal emotional rollercoaster and go on the same journey joy did, coming to really appreciate sadness by the end.
@@NunnyNugget The film really does do a brilliant job of misdirecting you into thinking (at first) that Joy is always right and Sadness is always wrong. To the extent that those of us who know that's wrong assumed at first that the film was going to promote toxic positivity, because so many Hollywood films do exactly that.
It's a good misdirection from the writers. Also, how often are people told in their lives, "don't be sad," or "don't cry about ___,"when sadness is a very important emotion to process.
24:08 "She needs to express that emotion. She can't shut down and _hide_ from them. She needs to _feel_ them." And now, you've _got_ it. That's the realization Joy just had. If she's going to be in charge, then it's not about keeping Riley _happy._ It's about keeping her emotionally _healthy._
The "I miss Minnesota" line made me cry. When I was about to turn 8-years old, my dad got a job transfer. We moved from Minnesota to Iowa. Plus my parents were divorced, my mom stayed in Minnesota, we were in Iowa. "I miss Minnesota" was something I said many time. It really brought back the memory of some tough days in growing up. (Funny thing, when you live in northern Minnesota, even Iowa winters feel mild. So, I even related to the weather joke from the teacher.)
One thing I love is that there is no big external 'trauma' that hurts Riley, it's a mix of a big life event and other little details. It really grounds the film to me, and I wonder if it helps some kids process what they're going through. The Cinema Therapy video on this film is excellent
Agreed. Society tends to treat people who suffer from depression as weak or phony if the source of their trauma isn’t something over the top like sexual abuse or wartime PTSD.
@@davidmcleod5133 You know, I hadn't thought about messages to adults in this film, but yeah, I'd agree 100%. It's similar to where I feel like the people moaning about the rumours of Inside Out 2 possibly talking about Riley's sexuality could do with a film doing exactly that. It's hard for people who don't know a homosexual person to get the anxieties and traumas that they suffer through at puberty. From a film making and storytelling purpose, it's almost the perfect film to try and communicate that
True that. Moving citys/schools and leaving old good friends behind can be "traumatizing" for a lack of a better word. Not the end of the world but an emotional rollercoaster for sure.
@@neilbiggs1353 I'm guessing Riley's at least gonna have hetero interest, based on the boyfriend generator gag in the first, but if they have any gay/bi/trans representation even simply as external side characters, that's a good bonus. There are tons of hetero romance movies, but Pixar really does their research, so I'm sure they have plenty of psychology to add that hugely benefits an entire generation of teens, regardless of preference.
@@JaggerG Probably, but it could also play in to the idea heteronormative behaviour - she has a 'boyfriend generator' because of multiple people around her constantly giving that expectation. I don't know if they are going to go that route, I honestly suspect not as I'm not sure how some big markets are about this issue, it's just it's a brilliant toolbox they have for storytelling in this subject matter if they do choose to go there
I find it so funny how Americans and Canadians tend to love joy and be annoyed with sadness at first while people in Eastern Europe understand the importance of sadness and negativity from the start and can't stand joy from the start. XD
There's nothing to do with nationality it has to do with just the person. There are plenty of Europeans out there that probably didn't even understand the movie
Inside Out portrays Joy perfectly. Constantly trying to push away sadness and be in the spotlight, that's what our happiness tries to do. But in the end, we realize we need sadness. Also, Joy usually doesn't think before she acts, as seen when she tries to cross the metal rod connecting the islands to the HQ.
I love the fact that the "lead emotions" of the character vary. Riley has Joy, her Mother Sadness and her father Anger but both adults have their emotions under control so it's not overwhelming in normal situations.
Fr but it's also how for Example Riley is a very happy girl within her deminour she brings joy to those around her. And the mom her leading emotion is Sadness and through her body language and the way she speaks she seems to be more empathetic and emotional to those around her. The dad his leading emotion is anger it makes the "tough love" kinda person the one who is in control of most situations the one who "puts the foot down" I really love how they portrayed those leading emotions especially with the parents because it shoes how despite them having those leading emotions they are still in control of their emotions. With Riley it went into toxic positivity to force herself to feel happy all the time while bottling up her other emotions especially sadness, ugh this movie is so good.
I'm not ashamed to say this movie broke me when I first saw it. I cried like a baby. It's my favorite Pixar movie by far. It should be required material for all kids and adults.
The animation in this movie is so amazing all the way through. More than just the super creative character design, there's a bunch of little touches that communicate so much with so little. I think the best shot in this movie is when Riley is being embraced by her parents at the moment Joy and Sadness press the memory button together for the first time. Riley's face going from crying to having that faint little smile in that one shot is the emotional climax of the whole story. So much weight of meaning conveyed in such a subtly powerful way. Stuff like that makes Inside Out one of my top 3 Pixar movies, up there with Wall-E and Up.
You went through the typical arc. "Sadness! Stop!" becomes "Oh... we _need_ Sadness." This movie is about two journeys, that of Riley, sure, but _also_ that of Joy... understanding the role Sadness has to play in Riley being healthy and, ultimately, happy. You asked about subtler emotions (like 'determination' or similar). Pixar started with a story cast of about 35... but... you can't make a _movie_ out of that. We're simply not wired to be able to track stories with so many unknown, new people. We are evolved to handle a village, about 100 to 200 people. After that, we lose track, and the only reason you can keep up with so many is that you're _around_ them _all_ the time, so you _know_ them. A movie has a difficult job. It has to introduce you to people you've never met, give you a sense of who they are, _and_ tell a story while they do it. This move had 3 main people, 6 supporting characters, and a bunch of extras, and was about 90 minutes. That means for each of the main people you had a maximum of about 20 minutes to learn who they are while the story goes on, giving 5 minutes each for the supporting cast. Now imagine if it'd been 35 emotions, or 38 total supporting characters. Each one would have less than a minute. You'd get _a_ line, just one, from each character. They may as well be extras at that point, and having them around would just be a distraction. That's why they _had to_ cut it down to a manageable number.
The way I see it, the problems started 6:41 when Riley's mother asked her to be "my happy girl" to help the family. Riley repressed her natural sadness at leaving Minnesota. This put her into depression, where she couldn't feel any emotions, indicated by the console turning grey, or enthusiasm about any of her previous interests like soccer. Only when she allowed herself to feel her sadness could she recover.
Yea really goes into the need for emotional intelligence. Likely to support the father that seems like was carrying a very large load and if he was to be unsuccessful it would cause the family heavy strife. So I get it, it’s a noble notion. But in trying to get the right result you cause unintended consequences.
i loved watching this movie and having the moment when i realised sadness wasnt just being annoying in the beginning but was compelled to make riley sad bc riley needed to feel sad - which joy wasnt letting happen
This is my favorite Pixar movie, because whenever I watch it, I think about the film entirely from Riley's POV rather than the emotions' and it is completely devastating and real
Some of y'all are weird, don't get upset that she disses sadness at the beginning when the movie literally writes her to be trouble because we view the movie from Joys perspective. She is written that way so that she can come in at the end and physically show how sadness is necessary and any emotion can be toxic when misused.
I mean, it might be because sadness is the boss in my own head and I watched the movie from HER perspective, but I understood what this was about very quickly, basically as soon as Joy took away the first memory Sadness "corrupted". And I'm not that much older nor am I smarter than people who don't get it until way later. Hell some people older than me don't get it at all. I'm just more sadness than joy, so when people are annoyed at sadness, I'm annoyed at them. This is really upsetting because it shows how the majority of us humans completely fail to understand our own emotions at the deeper level. It's even more upsetting when you consider that said majority either don't give a shit OR think they understand. That stupid reaction against sadness just highlights our failure to understand each other and ourselves.
@@LOSFOUFOUP Just because she doesn't initially think the same way about sadness that you did doesn't excuse anything. I understand where you're coming from, but the original point stands.
@@icaine16 I mean you call people weird for getting upset, and then tell them to not feel upset. I'm merely explaining why it's not weird to get upset, because it's a valid and understandable feeling in this context. There are of course ways to express such a feeling without attacking anyone in the process, but that's a deeper conversation. Other than that I'm not dismissing your point. You explained why people get annoyed at sadness, I explained why people get annoyed at people who get annoyed at sadness. Now let's stop before we start explaining why people get annoyed at people who get annoyed at people who get annoyed at sadness 😬
@@LOSFOUFOUPSadness was annoying, but she became useful in the end, which is all that matters. Regardless, everyone has their own feelings and perspectives on the movie. It is what it is
@@BamaKing-he2gd Wow, that's some messed up interpretation right there. What the fuck, man. I understand thinking like this when you haven't finished the movie yet, but still thinking like this even after you watched it is kinda sad to be honest. Sadness being annoying to some people does not mean she's not useful. She TRIED to be useful from the beginning, but Joy stopped her. So, she absolutely not "became useful in the end". It's more like Joy finally let Sadness do her thing as she should have done from the beginning, and THAT is all that matter. Riley needed to feel sad in order to move on, but Joy was so used to be "the boss" she didn't want to let Riley feel sad even though she NEEDED TO. Also damn I love when people try to make their opinions pass as facts and then cover themselves with the old "every perspective is true" argument. Sadness wasn't annoying, YOU were annoyed at Sadness. Her being useful is not "all that matters", it is all that matters to YOU. Those are perspectives, not facts thank you very much. Check your facts-opinions boxes, please.
I love seeing reactions of this movie, everyone always has different interpretations of the emotions especially joy and sadness. Bing Bong's "take her to the moon" line never fails to get me in the feels.
9:39 "Can we throw Sadness into the ravine? There's just a big ravine. We could throw her in. Then Riley will never feel sadness." Maybe, but I don't think she would have many friends, either. I mean, the act you're describing would, in fact, render Riley _incapable_ of sadness. Nothing would _ever_ make her sad, no matter how tragic. Could you trust such a person?
I used to have a teacher who was like that... Sure she was always a bundle of joy, but one day she was laughing while being stuck outside in the rain, was late to pick up her daughter from daycare, surrounded by a bunch of less then happy students and she was also probably getting sick at least she showed all of those signs. We didn't know when we would get away from there since we had to take a ferry who never showed up... at that moment some of us students didn't need "a bundle of joy" we needed someone to take charge of the situation. Normally we only portray depression as negative emotions, but she seemed to just cover everything up with happiness... after growing up i look back on her as a case of "smiling depression" because she seemed broken in so many other ways.
I absolutely adore this movie, it's my personal favourite from Pixar and I am so thankful that I actually DIDN'T see it in the cinema when it released because it absolutely shattered me. The first time I saw it I needed to pause the movie for over an hour because I had a full-on emotional breakdown, as someone with depression who used stolidity as a defence and coping mechanism before actually allowing myself to admit I was depressed the entire third act hit me like a freight train and to this very day I still can't watch this movie without crying.
This movie really helped my autistic daughter. We can’t wait for the sequel for her to see other emotions she’s feeling. 12:37 the reason the islands are crashing is because the core memories that built them aren’t in the “headquarters”. 15:58 that’s what Joy has a hard time understanding. She thinks that happiness is the main emotion and sadness shouldn’t exist.
i dont think he is going to back,. Bing bong had to die because its part of childhood, and rilley is becoming a teeneger , thas it why he is dressed like homeless because Riley dosent remember him anymore
I think it was smart to have Joy and Sadness being separated from the rest of the emotions in the control console room, her losing her personality items leaves her with hatred, disgust, and fear of everything around her as she mentally falls apart.
Bing Bong has opened a fresh wound for me when I saw that movie. Also, the part where Riley was running away, tells me that running away doesn’t solve anything.
From sadness comes empathy. That's why mom's lead was sadness. We ALL need sadness. Joy was being overbearing. Not allowing Riley to work through her emotions. She even overrode Riley's dreams. Dreams are where our brains try to process the events of the day. Joy was being the poster-child for toxic positivity.
I hate how people trash Sadness at the begining and think Joy is "cool"... People don't understand emotions even when its that clear the importance of each one.
Each of the 5 has their job, but only Joy and Sadness are the ones in direct conflict, so people pick sides. And, as its written, Sadness doesn't do anything useful in the first part of the movie, partly because Joy interferes whenever Sadness contributes. The first time we see ber worth is when she gives BingBong empathy instead of just telling him to cheer up.
Sadness is supposed to be trashed on at the beginning, they write her that way, but it isn't until things go on that you view the emotions not as individual characters but a balancing mix that rely on one another.
@@icaine16 Maybe is written in a way, but TBH since the beginning i thought that Joy was a jerk and was mostly toxic positivity. Just suppressing sadness for the sake of avoiding Riley needs.
I loved how this movie went about describing how it feels to grow up and transition from having very basic singular emotions as a child to forming very complex and mixed emotions. Things would be a lot simpler if we could retain that childlike essence of Joy.
No matter how many times I see this films I will never stop being impressed with how clever the whole thing is. Especially Sadness. She is so annoying but it's exactly how that emotion works in real life because feeling sad is annoying, inconvenient and uncontrollable, just like the character. Nothing Joy does to stop Sadness works because no amount of forced happiness will stop you feeling sad. The only way to deal with it is to accept why you feel sad and work through it. A woman I used to work with in a primary school would use this film to talk to children who were going through a hard time and it really helped them to open up and understand their own emotions and how to deal with them.
Bro V is literally joy throughout this movie. she starts out really annoyed but sadness thinking that she ruins everything by making Riley sad but slowly realizes that sadness is sometimes essential to feel joy. And this happens at like exactly the same story beats as joy
Sadness was the voice of the office worker in the American version of The Office. She was a perfect fit. and Lewis Black, the famous angry stage comedian. Amy as Joy. All perfect. Disgust and Fear,? I am amazed at how good Casting directors are at their job!
The credits scenes were fantastic. Loved the bus driver with all Angers exploding over the double mint gum jingle, and the explanation for the cat going balistic for no reason....good stuff.
VKunia was on the toxic positivity ride until she watched Inside Out and finally understood sadness❤ Edit: "she cant shut down and hide from her emorions, she needs to express them" you were telling Sadness to go away the entire movie lol
The Pixar crew consulted multiple therapists while making the movie and all 5 main characters are actually the primary emotions of humans give or take thats probably why its also used to help children through emotional distress. For example, alot of times a primary emotion can overpower one's mental state such as too much anger or sadness.
This one was probably my first experience with my own emotion and self identity. I was often told at school that boys didn’t cry and this film sorta helped me undo that
It's funny to watch all the young reactors trying to get rid of sadness 🤣 it's lovely to see that towards the end, most understood that joy was really toxic positivity and very manipulative, we need to be able to feel *all* the emotions. Console going gray, showcasing depression, very well done by the writers. It's a good movie to teach younger audiences (and older ones, never too late to learn!) about emotional intelligence and getting in sync with yourself.
The way the emotions worked in this movie was genius, especially thinking about how Riley only works when all of her emotions are in perfect harmony with one another. Joy realising what Sadness's purpose was is integral to Riley's growth. Much like how you said, with joy comes things like confidence, well, with sadness comes important characteristics like empathy and processing grief. It's such a valuable lesson for kids, and that's why Inside Out is one of Pixar's best films of all time.
When I watched it the first time, Bing Bong's sacrifice hit me hard. Completely unexpected and yet it makes so much sense in the bigger picture - Riley letting go of childish stuff as she grows up. Amazing movie.
Inside Out is a movie that is so important for everyone. The role of Sadness in our lives should and must be acknowledged when we're going through with depression. Sadness carve onto our being so that it could release all the tension that we're all feeling like depression or what we are feeling currently. So Inside Out is very important for everyone especially teenagers who are currently going through with depression I watched Inside Out during the pandemic because that was when I was currently feeling depressed because of various major reasons like family tragedy, unexpected circumstances and more. So when watching Inside Out made me realize why Sadness is very important onto my being to release any tension and feel happy again ❤️
One of the main takeaways that I get from this movie is that suppressing your emotions and thinking that your emotion as a negative and may ruin everything will only make everything worse. We need all our emotions to work in harmony so we can have a good mindset and leave a life full of hope and peace.
I think you might misunderstand, our emotions are beyond control. Sadness could not help now she felt, we simply are what we are and act out instinctively, which can sometimes lead to regrets. When we get older we can learn to accept who we are and contemplate if we need to change ourselves for the better or not
I cry at this movie all the time, I'm a grown ass man but I have hyper emotions, when V said Sadness is like the enemy of evil of the movie I honestly cried
I like your observation on sadness. I'm currently going through a divorce, and I've felt better. Your videos are helping. I love how compassionate you are; it's quite refreshing and gives me hope.
This was a great reaction video. I love how you also grew along side with Riley. Btw, I’m almost 40 and Bing Bong sacrificing himself to save Joy hits hard. Letting go of your childhood so you can grow up.
It's really impressive how well Pixar delivers the message of the story to the audience without them noticing: You dislike Sadness because she "ruins" things but Sadness is not bad, it's part of life.
I would say that’s probably true but there’s a time and a place for it. Sadness the character is legit out of control and can’t stop messing with things, to the point where that causes the conflict of the story. It’s super annoying to watch but maybe that’s just me
While the Toy Story series as a whole is probably the greatest thing Pixar has done - or will ever do - I think this is their best single movie. It could easily have been just a works-only-as-metaphor type of film, but was involving, interesting & fun besides that too. (Not to mention that, given the cast, it's probably the closest we'll ever get to an Office/Parks crossover!) Very glad you got around to this one.
Inside out could easily become a trilogy that enjoy the success Toy Story had. Growing up through the different stages of life will have an effect on how we manage our emotions
The other really insightful thing about this movie is showing how early primitive childhood emotions are usually just one thing (single color). But then as we get older, life gets more complex and our emotions can get more complex and be a blend of things (multi-color).
It’s hard to pick a favorite Pixar film but this is my favorite. It just edges past Up and WallE. Animated emotions.. that drive our vehicle bodies.. and decades of therapeutic psycho babble transformed into an easy to understand, fun and engaging two hour story.. wow. Pixar PHDs do it again. I am going with my mom to see the sequel in theaters. My lead is a pair.. I think my sadness and anger are married.. go figure. Luv the reactions V! ✌️😭😡👍💕 lol
I like how these Pixar films can make you cry as a child and as an adult. Since the new Inside Out movie is coming out so, I’m curious if you’re going to see it in theaters or wait until it comes out on digital.
heheeh. I know it was a humorous comment, but since it's only a movie and you want Riley to be happy, it made sense to me. I would have tried something different, but then it was a difficult situation. We don't always have to be happy. Sadness is something that makes us contemplate deeper. Hopefully makes us a better person.
Genuinely one of the best movies for getting kids thinking with more complexity around emotions. Hell, adults too for that matter. I really love how the movie makes it clear that Sadness is not just an ok emotion, an emotion we're "allowed" to feel, it is absolutely necessary (I also imagine Sadness is my "leader" emotion in my control room). And the part where the console greys over and the emotions can't influence Riley anymore always hits me square in the chest because it is the single best metaphorical demonstration of what depression really is and I've been there. Such a thought provoking movie, I really love it.
Aww thank you Taylor!! 🥰🥰 Yeah it was tough to like sadness in the beginning since they frame her as more of a nuisance than anything LOL - then by the end they start showing how she’s valuable and the balance is necessary 🥹🥹
The way memories are stored in our heads to keep us alive thus why they are attached to feelings. If we have a strong feeling during the time something happens in out lives our brain will either hold onto it or completely try to block it out for its own survival.
This kids' movie was so insightful and made me appreciate how complex and important emotions are. It is an excellent movie for kids and adults! it helps us to step back and reflect on our own mental health needs. It also helped me think about how to communicate my emotions to others and how we can show empathy for one another. I loved this movie!
Every time I see someone watching this movie get so frustrated with Sadness and saying she's ruining everything, and they should just throw her away, I'm like, "Seriously? In what world is suppressing Sadness ever healthy?"
@@dntm123 It doesn't surprise me. The movie was explicitly written such that Sadness seems annoying and a burden in the beginning, and then they add revelation moments to introduce the notion that Sadness is required, because she is. People trashing on Sadness in the beginning is the intended viewing experience.
The concepts of this movie are both simplified and highly complex, and it really does a good job of showing how our minds and emotions actually work. You can personify all the various neuro chemicals and hormones that make us “feel” emotions into this form, like dopamine, seratonin or adrenaline, and it actually works. It also really shows how these simple concepts of emotions become more complex and evolve as we grow more mature and a balance is found. For example, Mom is run by sadness, but that doesn’t mean that she’s sad all the time. Sadness within her has matured into empathy and compassion. Dad is controlled by anger, but in him it manifests as passion and drive. All these “primary” colors/emotions blend together into the whole spectrum of our emotional well being. It’s interesting that you noted that the emotions all look the same in most people’s heads, but different in Riley’s headquarters. I have two thoughts as to why that is the case. 1, it represents the sense of “self” and those that we see with homogenous emotional representations have a solidified sense of who they are as a person, and Riley hasn’t come to that point in her development yet so appears more scattered. 2, it’s possible that Riley is neurodivergent in some way, perhaps on the spectrum, and so her emotions are more individualistic and don’t work together as well as most people’s do and she has less control of them than others. I don’t know which one, if either of them, is correct but considering what we’ve seen of the sequel when she’s 2 years older, that her emotional personalities are still individualistic, I lean towards the neurodivergence explanation.
Anybody else notice that when Riley expresses anger at the dinner table, her father's first response is Fear who then immediately turns the father's console over to Anger (passion), his primary emotion. This father is terrified by the idea that his little "happy" girl isn't happy. Poor guy, he later tries to make up for being "bad-tempered" by being goofy, which used to bring Riley "joy." The tactic doesn't work because Riley doesn't need joy at that moment. Also, we see how anger can be an outgrowth of fear and how we sometimes express fear by exhibiting anger. This movie is so subtle. It deserves multiple views and close attention.
Vee has almost done reactions to all of my top 5 favorite movies. There was The Green Mile (number 2), Up (number 3), The Lion King (number 4), and now, Inside Out (number 5)! All that's left is Edward Scissorhands! Well, unless she's already seen it. I don't know if she has.
@@themintgrrl3893 It’s been forever since I last seen it, and I didn’t see it often so I sadly can’t tell you much about it myself. 😅 But it is apparently a live action Disney classic, and it’s been referenced multiple times since then.
I love this movie. Never expected that to happen before I watched it, but I do. The story is handled beautifully and it makes you feel things just as it should. Just wanted to say that there *IS* an Inside Out 2 coming, and it *WILL* deal with Riley going through Puberty (the beginning of the trailer shows that red “Puberty” warning light lighting up), but it isn’t actually out yet. It releases to theaters on June 14th. After a dry rut at the theaters I’m looking forward to it and a couple others coming out in the not-too-distant future.
lmao its so good. Toxic positivity is a real thing. It's so important to be able to recognize and accept your emotions, and to be able to process them, rather than deny they exist.
@@WezMan444 eh don't judge too harshly. But personally, I felt bad for sadness my first watch. I know how it feels to be misunderstood and isolated by others.
Speaking of ‘floor is lava’ related injuries; I remember busting my kneecap on a coffee table 😂 I needed a trip to the ER to remove a shard of china from the bone! I’m like super talented guys
another reaction with my favorites: V, V snorting, V laughing, etc, etc. great reaction. this was a great movie to help teenagers understand some of things that we go through. i enjoyed using movies help with understanding different emotions or challenges we went through. great job as always!
Pixar has theme to their films. What if Bugs had emotions. What if Toys had emotions. What if Cars had emotions. And the ultimate, What if Emotions had emotions. Perfect reaction . Thank you.
One of the worst things a parent(s) could to their kid(s) is to move mid school year to a new neighborhood/city and school, especially when their kid(s) are barely starting puberty.
I love the comedian Paula Poundstone's quirky humor. She said when she was a kid her imaginary friend played with the kid across the street! And VKUnia, You are wonderful. Inside Out was sooo good. "What's Puberty?" It's probably not important. LOL . Inside Out 2 is here!!!! It's Riley. I am going to the theater ASAP.
I have an autistic child who was 8 when this came out. She had a very difficult time understanding, explaining, and expressing her emotions. We had always loved Pixar and took her to see this in theaters. It was the best thing we could’ve done for her. The personification of each emotion helped her to understand each one. She was able to tell us what was going on in her own head by using each character as if they actually existed in her mind. Thanks to this movie, we were better able to understand our child. We mentioned this to her therapist, who at the time had never heard of the movie. After she watched it, the hospital started incorporating the characters in their therapy sessions, and still do to this day.
I have autism as well, and even I had a difficult time understanding my emotions. When I was about five or maybe six years old, I would watch Toy Story and Toy Story 2 a lot, and when I got angry as a kid, I would sometimes quote Woody and sometimes even the Prospector. I’m really glad this movie worked out well for your daughter. Hopefully, she’ll understand her emotions better.
I've seen a lot of mental health professionals heap praise on this. Ratatouille explained the world of food. Inside Out did the same for mental health.
@@arandomnamegoeshere pretty amazing how Disney Pixar movies teach some pretty good life lessons.
As a psychologist with autism myself, I must say this movie also helped a lot of non-autistic people to better understand their own emotions as well. Culturally, we live in a society that strongly values joy (even a toxic or false one) and heavily repress everything else, sadness in special. We don't have the "right" to grieve over anything, soon someone will invade and say "don't cry", or "don't be sad", or "look at how fortunate you are next to X, Y and Z", and many other (honestly?) very toxic statements to invalidate our sadness. All people need to cry, need to feel all their emotions, there is no "bad" emotion, and this movie was brilliant when adressing Joy's and Sadness' conflict and how it affected Riley's life. I was very fortunate, watched it when it was still in the big screen (I was in University, and actually could discuss this movie in classes), and used it in my sessions ever since. It made my job easier when it's time to explain the emotions to patients.
PS: Sorry for my wonky English, it's not my first language.
@@AnaReginaNica You may find this letter to my friend a kind of acceptance of sadness.:
-- When the day comes, either from age or otherwise, that my final heart beat has come, and I can no longer speak to you, no longer hug you, no longer listen to your words or hear your voice, remember that I had a long and active life. Not all that I wished, but all that I could contain in such a short number of years. I have a family that loves me, a long history of people who called me a true friend., and on so many occasions I passed along some happy thoughts in the lives of others, as you have done.
-- Hold onto those words, when words turn into quiet echos in your heart. It is a privilege that we have, to feel the grief of a loss. It is a human right, to hold onto a love that once was in our daily life. The privilege of being sad helps us to see what really matters. Should the world take you from me first, I will hold you in my own heart, as I hold my late father's life, even now.
The element of this movie that a lot of people tend to overlook is the concept of "toxic happiness". You can't be happy all the time without repressing a LOT of emotions.
And speaking of emotions, I LOVE how NONE of the emotions are actually depicted as "bad" emotions.. They're ALL looking out for Riley, like how they said Fear keeps her out of trouble, and that Anger is just very passionate about things on Riley's behalf. It really validates people's emotions by depicting them as helpful things that can "misfire", rather than forces out to get us and we should fight.
There's just SO many layers to this. I honestly believe that this is a "teaching movie". Everyone should see this as it can enlighten a LOT of people to concepts in mental health by personifying emotions rather than just using words and abstract concepts. It's really at a genius level of film-making.
Yep, particularly a lot of people don't notice that it's actually Joy rather than Sadness who causes everything to go so wrong. Things aren't exactly going too well beforehand but the main issue comes when the sad core memory appears, Joy's toxic positivity causes her to try and prevent it from becoming a core memory, which is how all the other core memories fall out and get sucked into Long Term with Joy and Sadness, causing the entire depressive episode and the fallout. Up to that point Riley is feeling sad a fair bit (quite reasonably under the circumstances) but is still functioning fine, it's the toxic positivity from Joy (and the Mam) that turns it into a depressive episode which send Riley's feelings out of control and impair her ability to function.
Yes. All emotions have a time and place and that includes sadness. So long as one emotion does not overwhelm the others, it's all good.
I love how Sadness is portrayed in this. She's not a bad character, she's simply doing what she was made to do, and she isn't really sure why. She touches the old memories because that's how sadness works, happy things become sad when they're gone.
Other characters try to ''bottle her up'' and it ruins everything, makes it all worse, and causes depression. When sadness is back, joy can come back too. If everything was happy all the time, we wouldn't appreciate it.
I kinda like that she says sorry, and then just continues being herself. She really feels bad for upsetting others. But she doesn't simply get to decide to be different. She's Sadness. If others don't like it, that sucks for everyone, but too bad, she's there for good.
‘Happy things become sad when they’re gone’ damn, I never put that together until I read that…
As someone who went through terrible depression, the console going black and them saying the line, "we can't make Riley feel anything" hit so stupidly hard.
I know right?
Same here. I was not expecting to be hit so hard and relate to a Pixar film so much, especially since I was 25 when I first watched it lol. I love this movie so much.
Sadness is who can keep depression in check.
😭
@@Z1gguratVert1go I can understand what you mean.
But for me, the console going black and them saying that line summed it up into,
"Depression isn't sadness. Depression is the absence of emotion."
One of my fav, animated movie. It handles the topic quite well, from sadness's tendency to touch old happy memories and turning it sad(the sad feeling of when you reminisce days gone by) and how depression isn't and equivalent of overwhelming sadness but in essence a complete void of emotion, where you cant force yourself to feel anything except numbness and apathy.
very well put into words...
Im a grown ass man and Bing Bong opened a fresh wound. Thanks Pixar. 💔
You felt sorry for an imaginary character? So did I.😂
Funnily enough, the Bing Bong scene never really hits me all that hard. I still find it sad certainly, but it doesn't really devastate me in the same way it does with other. On the other hand, the scene at the end where Riley finally admits about how sad she feels and her parents comfort her and tell her they feel the same way? Now that one wrecks me every single time
@@christianwise637 Me too... Me too...
There are a lot of rough moments in this one, but Bing Bong's demise always gets me.😢
Edit: I'm also a Grown Ass-Man, cuz I got that Diaper Money.😉
Same dude...same. Even watching this react video...knowing that moment was about to happen. Bing Bong being the benevolent hero he needed to be at the right time to save his friend...doesn't matter if it's animated or not, that shit's gonna get me.
I wish people stop hating on sadness. Shes literally the most important character.
fr!! the brain was literally trying to make Joy realize that
To be fair, in the words of the screenwriters the first act is basically made to brainwash you into thinking joy is right even though she has a really messed up way of thinking really. So, from her perspective Sadness is just an obstacle, someone who is kind of there to mess everything up and not much else.
But throughout the film we slowly get to see more and more of why Sadness is essential for everything to work, and why she’s just completely misunderstood really. The film tricks you into thinking she’s annoying at first so you can experience the literal emotional rollercoaster and go on the same journey joy did, coming to really appreciate sadness by the end.
I have learned that there is such a thing as toxic positivity.
@@NunnyNugget The film really does do a brilliant job of misdirecting you into thinking (at first) that Joy is always right and Sadness is always wrong. To the extent that those of us who know that's wrong assumed at first that the film was going to promote toxic positivity, because so many Hollywood films do exactly that.
It's a good misdirection from the writers. Also, how often are people told in their lives, "don't be sad," or "don't cry about ___,"when sadness is a very important emotion to process.
24:08 "She needs to express that emotion. She can't shut down and _hide_ from them. She needs to _feel_ them."
And now, you've _got_ it. That's the realization Joy just had. If she's going to be in charge, then it's not about keeping Riley _happy._ It's about keeping her emotionally _healthy._
Your right. ❤
she got it but she kinda kept the whole movie hating on sadness... even after this
The "I miss Minnesota" line made me cry. When I was about to turn 8-years old, my dad got a job transfer. We moved from Minnesota to Iowa. Plus my parents were divorced, my mom stayed in Minnesota, we were in Iowa.
"I miss Minnesota" was something I said many time. It really brought back the memory of some tough days in growing up. (Funny thing, when you live in northern Minnesota, even Iowa winters feel mild. So, I even related to the weather joke from the teacher.)
Yes, Riley is becoming a teenager in Inside Out 2 and goes through puberty. She also gets new emotions like Anxiety, Jealousy, Embarrasment and Ennui.
When people watch this movie, they either think Sadness is annoying or that Joy is a jerk. lol
Both
Regardless, the movie is a good way to teach the concept of "toxic positivity."
Joy isn't a jerk so much as just oblivious. Sadness is an absolute menace though.
@@Coco-oy5sm lay off the poor little bean
@@user-lb9xw4xf2q Something we in the disability community get bombarded with.
One thing I love is that there is no big external 'trauma' that hurts Riley, it's a mix of a big life event and other little details. It really grounds the film to me, and I wonder if it helps some kids process what they're going through. The Cinema Therapy video on this film is excellent
Agreed. Society tends to treat people who suffer from depression as weak or phony if the source of their trauma isn’t something over the top like sexual abuse or wartime PTSD.
@@davidmcleod5133 You know, I hadn't thought about messages to adults in this film, but yeah, I'd agree 100%. It's similar to where I feel like the people moaning about the rumours of Inside Out 2 possibly talking about Riley's sexuality could do with a film doing exactly that. It's hard for people who don't know a homosexual person to get the anxieties and traumas that they suffer through at puberty. From a film making and storytelling purpose, it's almost the perfect film to try and communicate that
True that. Moving citys/schools and leaving old good friends behind can be "traumatizing" for a lack of a better word. Not the end of the world but an emotional rollercoaster for sure.
@@neilbiggs1353 I'm guessing Riley's at least gonna have hetero interest, based on the boyfriend generator gag in the first, but if they have any gay/bi/trans representation even simply as external side characters, that's a good bonus. There are tons of hetero romance movies, but Pixar really does their research, so I'm sure they have plenty of psychology to add that hugely benefits an entire generation of teens, regardless of preference.
@@JaggerG Probably, but it could also play in to the idea heteronormative behaviour - she has a 'boyfriend generator' because of multiple people around her constantly giving that expectation. I don't know if they are going to go that route, I honestly suspect not as I'm not sure how some big markets are about this issue, it's just it's a brilliant toolbox they have for storytelling in this subject matter if they do choose to go there
“Can we throw Sadness in the ravine?”
Ma’am, you’re fired as my therapist.
With sadness in the ravine, you wouldn’t be able to grieve the loss of someone you love
9:39 is the words.
@@SeyaDiakite7, for what? Why would anyone waste their time on that?
@@stardustwight1895 waste time on grieving? Nah being sad over losing someone you love doesn’t have time to be wasted.
Too grieve deeply, is to have loved fully. Remember that, when the time has come to let go.
I find it so funny how Americans and Canadians tend to love joy and be annoyed with sadness at first while people in Eastern Europe understand the importance of sadness and negativity from the start and can't stand joy from the start. XD
I was not aware of that distinction in how the cultures reacted to this movie, but that explains so much
There's nothing to do with nationality it has to do with just the person. There are plenty of Europeans out there that probably didn't even understand the movie
Inside Out portrays Joy perfectly. Constantly trying to push away sadness and be in the spotlight, that's what our happiness tries to do. But in the end, we realize we need sadness.
Also, Joy usually doesn't think before she acts, as seen when she tries to cross the metal rod connecting the islands to the HQ.
I love the fact that the "lead emotions" of the character vary. Riley has Joy, her Mother Sadness and her father Anger but both adults have their emotions under control so it's not overwhelming in normal situations.
Fr but it's also how for Example Riley is a very happy girl within her deminour she brings joy to those around her. And the mom her leading emotion is Sadness and through her body language and the way she speaks she seems to be more empathetic and emotional to those around her. The dad his leading emotion is anger it makes the "tough love" kinda person the one who is in control of most situations the one who "puts the foot down"
I really love how they portrayed those leading emotions especially with the parents because it shoes how despite them having those leading emotions they are still in control of their emotions. With Riley it went into toxic positivity to force herself to feel happy all the time while bottling up her other emotions especially sadness, ugh this movie is so good.
I'm not ashamed to say this movie broke me when I first saw it. I cried like a baby. It's my favorite Pixar movie by far. It should be required material for all kids and adults.
Same. Watched it alone in the cinema on some random Sunday and bawled my eyes out.
Disney and Pixar
The animation in this movie is so amazing all the way through. More than just the super creative character design, there's a bunch of little touches that communicate so much with so little. I think the best shot in this movie is when Riley is being embraced by her parents at the moment Joy and Sadness press the memory button together for the first time. Riley's face going from crying to having that faint little smile in that one shot is the emotional climax of the whole story. So much weight of meaning conveyed in such a subtly powerful way. Stuff like that makes Inside Out one of my top 3 Pixar movies, up there with Wall-E and Up.
You went through the typical arc. "Sadness! Stop!" becomes "Oh... we _need_ Sadness." This movie is about two journeys, that of Riley, sure, but _also_ that of Joy... understanding the role Sadness has to play in Riley being healthy and, ultimately, happy.
You asked about subtler emotions (like 'determination' or similar). Pixar started with a story cast of about 35... but... you can't make a _movie_ out of that. We're simply not wired to be able to track stories with so many unknown, new people. We are evolved to handle a village, about 100 to 200 people. After that, we lose track, and the only reason you can keep up with so many is that you're _around_ them _all_ the time, so you _know_ them. A movie has a difficult job. It has to introduce you to people you've never met, give you a sense of who they are, _and_ tell a story while they do it. This move had 3 main people, 6 supporting characters, and a bunch of extras, and was about 90 minutes. That means for each of the main people you had a maximum of about 20 minutes to learn who they are while the story goes on, giving 5 minutes each for the supporting cast. Now imagine if it'd been 35 emotions, or 38 total supporting characters. Each one would have less than a minute. You'd get _a_ line, just one, from each character. They may as well be extras at that point, and having them around would just be a distraction. That's why they _had to_ cut it down to a manageable number.
The way I see it, the problems started 6:41 when Riley's mother asked her to be "my happy girl" to help the family. Riley repressed her natural sadness at leaving Minnesota. This put her into depression, where she couldn't feel any emotions, indicated by the console turning grey, or enthusiasm about any of her previous interests like soccer. Only when she allowed herself to feel her sadness could she recover.
Yea really goes into the need for emotional intelligence. Likely to support the father that seems like was carrying a very large load and if he was to be unsuccessful it would cause the family heavy strife. So I get it, it’s a noble notion. But in trying to get the right result you cause unintended consequences.
i loved watching this movie and having the moment when i realised sadness wasnt just being annoying in the beginning but was compelled to make riley sad bc riley needed to feel sad - which joy wasnt letting happen
This is my favorite Pixar movie, because whenever I watch it, I think about the film entirely from Riley's POV rather than the emotions' and it is completely devastating and real
Some of y'all are weird, don't get upset that she disses sadness at the beginning when the movie literally writes her to be trouble because we view the movie from Joys perspective. She is written that way so that she can come in at the end and physically show how sadness is necessary and any emotion can be toxic when misused.
I mean, it might be because sadness is the boss in my own head and I watched the movie from HER perspective, but I understood what this was about very quickly, basically as soon as Joy took away the first memory Sadness "corrupted". And I'm not that much older nor am I smarter than people who don't get it until way later. Hell some people older than me don't get it at all. I'm just more sadness than joy, so when people are annoyed at sadness, I'm annoyed at them.
This is really upsetting because it shows how the majority of us humans completely fail to understand our own emotions at the deeper level. It's even more upsetting when you consider that said majority either don't give a shit OR think they understand. That stupid reaction against sadness just highlights our failure to understand each other and ourselves.
@@LOSFOUFOUP Just because she doesn't initially think the same way about sadness that you did doesn't excuse anything. I understand where you're coming from, but the original point stands.
@@icaine16 I mean you call people weird for getting upset, and then tell them to not feel upset. I'm merely explaining why it's not weird to get upset, because it's a valid and understandable feeling in this context.
There are of course ways to express such a feeling without attacking anyone in the process, but that's a deeper conversation.
Other than that I'm not dismissing your point. You explained why people get annoyed at sadness, I explained why people get annoyed at people who get annoyed at sadness.
Now let's stop before we start explaining why people get annoyed at people who get annoyed at people who get annoyed at sadness 😬
@@LOSFOUFOUPSadness was annoying, but she became useful in the end, which is all that matters. Regardless, everyone has their own feelings and perspectives on the movie. It is what it is
@@BamaKing-he2gd Wow, that's some messed up interpretation right there. What the fuck, man. I understand thinking like this when you haven't finished the movie yet, but still thinking like this even after you watched it is kinda sad to be honest.
Sadness being annoying to some people does not mean she's not useful. She TRIED to be useful from the beginning, but Joy stopped her. So, she absolutely not "became useful in the end". It's more like Joy finally let Sadness do her thing as she should have done from the beginning, and THAT is all that matter. Riley needed to feel sad in order to move on, but Joy was so used to be "the boss" she didn't want to let Riley feel sad even though she NEEDED TO.
Also damn I love when people try to make their opinions pass as facts and then cover themselves with the old "every perspective is true" argument. Sadness wasn't annoying, YOU were annoyed at Sadness. Her being useful is not "all that matters", it is all that matters to YOU. Those are perspectives, not facts thank you very much. Check your facts-opinions boxes, please.
I love seeing reactions of this movie, everyone always has different interpretations of the emotions especially joy and sadness.
Bing Bong's "take her to the moon" line never fails to get me in the feels.
9:39 "Can we throw Sadness into the ravine? There's just a big ravine. We could throw her in. Then Riley will never feel sadness."
Maybe, but I don't think she would have many friends, either. I mean, the act you're describing would, in fact, render Riley _incapable_ of sadness. Nothing would _ever_ make her sad, no matter how tragic. Could you trust such a person?
I used to have a teacher who was like that... Sure she was always a bundle of joy, but one day she was laughing while being stuck outside in the rain, was late to pick up her daughter from daycare, surrounded by a bunch of less then happy students and she was also probably getting sick at least she showed all of those signs. We didn't know when we would get away from there since we had to take a ferry who never showed up... at that moment some of us students didn't need "a bundle of joy" we needed someone to take charge of the situation. Normally we only portray depression as negative emotions, but she seemed to just cover everything up with happiness... after growing up i look back on her as a case of "smiling depression" because she seemed broken in so many other ways.
I absolutely adore this movie, it's my personal favourite from Pixar and I am so thankful that I actually DIDN'T see it in the cinema when it released because it absolutely shattered me. The first time I saw it I needed to pause the movie for over an hour because I had a full-on emotional breakdown, as someone with depression who used stolidity as a defence and coping mechanism before actually allowing myself to admit I was depressed the entire third act hit me like a freight train and to this very day I still can't watch this movie without crying.
This movie really helped my autistic daughter. We can’t wait for the sequel for her to see other emotions she’s feeling. 12:37 the reason the islands are crashing is because the core memories that built them aren’t in the “headquarters”. 15:58 that’s what Joy has a hard time understanding. She thinks that happiness is the main emotion and sadness shouldn’t exist.
Bing Bong will always be the hero of this story, R.I.P. Bing Bong
I hope he comes back somehow in the sequel ❤
@@VKunia me too
i dont think he is going to back,. Bing bong had to die because its part of childhood, and rilley is becoming a teeneger , thas it why he is dressed like homeless because Riley dosent remember him anymore
@@cineparaamigos6213 good point but hpefully there's a moment where Joy mentions his sacrifice
@@VKunia Not a good idea, it would cheapen the impact of his death here.
I think it was smart to have Joy and Sadness being separated from the rest of the emotions in the control console room, her losing her personality items leaves her with hatred, disgust, and fear of everything around her as she mentally falls apart.
Bing Bong has opened a fresh wound for me when I saw that movie. Also, the part where Riley was running away, tells me that running away doesn’t solve anything.
From sadness comes empathy. That's why mom's lead was sadness. We ALL need sadness. Joy was being overbearing. Not allowing Riley to work through her emotions. She even overrode Riley's dreams. Dreams are where our brains try to process the events of the day. Joy was being the poster-child for toxic positivity.
I hate how people trash Sadness at the begining and think Joy is "cool"... People don't understand emotions even when its that clear the importance of each one.
The movie is exactly written to invoke those emoticons at the start, even of you know better. It’s a reminder for everyone!
Each of the 5 has their job, but only Joy and Sadness are the ones in direct conflict, so people pick sides. And, as its written, Sadness doesn't do anything useful in the first part of the movie, partly because Joy interferes whenever Sadness contributes. The first time we see ber worth is when she gives BingBong empathy instead of just telling him to cheer up.
Sadness is supposed to be trashed on at the beginning, they write her that way, but it isn't until things go on that you view the emotions not as individual characters but a balancing mix that rely on one another.
@@icaine16 Maybe is written in a way, but TBH since the beginning i thought that Joy was a jerk and was mostly toxic positivity. Just suppressing sadness for the sake of avoiding Riley needs.
You think this as someone who’s already watched the movie. Dont pretend you didn’t think sadness was ruining everything at first.
I loved how this movie went about describing how it feels to grow up and transition from having very basic singular emotions as a child to forming very complex and mixed emotions. Things would be a lot simpler if we could retain that childlike essence of Joy.
That is part of why I love kids. They are not so emotionally messed up yet. And even a sad little one can instantly change to happy.
"Can we throw sadness into the ravine?"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
XD she really went through a character arc, from this to appreciating sadness
No matter how many times I see this films I will never stop being impressed with how clever the whole thing is.
Especially Sadness. She is so annoying but it's exactly how that emotion works in real life because feeling sad is annoying, inconvenient and uncontrollable, just like the character. Nothing Joy does to stop Sadness works because no amount of forced happiness will stop you feeling sad. The only way to deal with it is to accept why you feel sad and work through it. A woman I used to work with in a primary school would use this film to talk to children who were going through a hard time and it really helped them to open up and understand their own emotions and how to deal with them.
Bro V is literally joy throughout this movie. she starts out really annoyed but sadness thinking that she ruins everything by making Riley sad but slowly realizes that sadness is sometimes essential to feel joy. And this happens at like exactly the same story beats as joy
So interesting that V makes the key mistake that Joy makes about Sadness’ role in the story at first and slowly comes to realize her importance.
Sadness was the voice of the office worker in the American version of The Office. She was a perfect fit. and Lewis Black, the famous angry stage comedian. Amy as Joy. All perfect. Disgust and Fear,? I am amazed at how good Casting directors are at their job!
The credits scenes were fantastic. Loved the bus driver with all Angers exploding over the double mint gum jingle, and the explanation for the cat going balistic for no reason....good stuff.
VKunia was on the toxic positivity ride until she watched Inside Out and finally understood sadness❤
Edit: "she cant shut down and hide from her emorions, she needs to express them" you were telling Sadness to go away the entire movie lol
Oh no....I can't cry at work 😢😢. Not gonna cry, not gonna cry....
Too late! 😭
The Pixar crew consulted multiple therapists while making the movie and all 5 main characters are actually the primary emotions of humans give or take thats probably why its also used to help children through emotional distress. For example, alot of times a primary emotion can overpower one's mental state such as too much anger or sadness.
This one was probably my first experience with my own emotion and self identity. I was often told at school that boys didn’t cry and this film sorta helped me undo that
It's funny to watch all the young reactors trying to get rid of sadness 🤣 it's lovely to see that towards the end, most understood that joy was really toxic positivity and very manipulative, we need to be able to feel *all* the emotions. Console going gray, showcasing depression, very well done by the writers.
It's a good movie to teach younger audiences (and older ones, never too late to learn!) about emotional intelligence and getting in sync with yourself.
The way the emotions worked in this movie was genius, especially thinking about how Riley only works when all of her emotions are in perfect harmony with one another. Joy realising what Sadness's purpose was is integral to Riley's growth. Much like how you said, with joy comes things like confidence, well, with sadness comes important characteristics like empathy and processing grief. It's such a valuable lesson for kids, and that's why Inside Out is one of Pixar's best films of all time.
When I watched it the first time, Bing Bong's sacrifice hit me hard. Completely unexpected and yet it makes so much sense in the bigger picture - Riley letting go of childish stuff as she grows up.
Amazing movie.
A very literal emotional rollercoaster
Sadness is important for us to unload every heavy emotion we experience.. sometimes when we go through a lot, a good cry is everything we need
Inside Out is a movie that is so important for everyone. The role of Sadness in our lives should and must be acknowledged when we're going through with depression. Sadness carve onto our being so that it could release all the tension that we're all feeling like depression or what we are feeling currently. So Inside Out is very important for everyone especially teenagers who are currently going through with depression
I watched Inside Out during the pandemic because that was when I was currently feeling depressed because of various major reasons like family tragedy, unexpected circumstances and more. So when watching Inside Out made me realize why Sadness is very important onto my being to release any tension and feel happy again ❤️
One of the main takeaways that I get from this movie is that suppressing your emotions and thinking that your emotion as a negative and may ruin everything will only make everything worse. We need all our emotions to work in harmony so we can have a good mindset and leave a life full of hope and peace.
You need to watch the "Back to the future" trilogy!!
You'll absolutely love it!!
I think you might misunderstand, our emotions are beyond control. Sadness could not help now she felt, we simply are what we are and act out instinctively, which can sometimes lead to regrets. When we get older we can learn to accept who we are and contemplate if we need to change ourselves for the better or not
I cry at this movie all the time, I'm a grown ass man but I have hyper emotions, when V said Sadness is like the enemy of evil of the movie I honestly cried
I like your observation on sadness. I'm currently going through a divorce, and I've felt better. Your videos are helping. I love how compassionate you are; it's quite refreshing and gives me hope.
I feel like everyone has an imaginary friend that they remember in a special way at one point
BACK IN THE 80's, There was a TV Series called "Herman's Head"... Same Concept.
13:43 “Oh, so Sadness doesn’t ruin everything, she does help” Now you’re getting it, Vee!
If you watch this with people and one of em doesnt cry, hes a sociopath.
This was a great reaction video. I love how you also grew along side with Riley.
Btw, I’m almost 40 and Bing Bong sacrificing himself to save Joy hits hard. Letting go of your childhood so you can grow up.
She missed out. The cat one during the credits is the funniest bit.
It's really impressive how well Pixar delivers the message of the story to the audience without them noticing: You dislike Sadness because she "ruins" things but Sadness is not bad, it's part of life.
I would say that’s probably true but there’s a time and a place for it. Sadness the character is legit out of control and can’t stop messing with things, to the point where that causes the conflict of the story. It’s super annoying to watch but maybe that’s just me
While the Toy Story series as a whole is probably the greatest thing Pixar has done - or will ever do - I think this is their best single movie.
It could easily have been just a works-only-as-metaphor type of film, but was involving, interesting & fun besides that too.
(Not to mention that, given the cast, it's probably the closest we'll ever get to an Office/Parks crossover!)
Very glad you got around to this one.
Inside out could easily become a trilogy that enjoy the success Toy Story had. Growing up through the different stages of life will have an effect on how we manage our emotions
The other really insightful thing about this movie is showing how early primitive childhood emotions are usually just one thing (single color). But then as we get older, life gets more complex and our emotions can get more complex and be a blend of things (multi-color).
The ending where Riley opens up to her family and makes her bitter-sweet memory never fails to make me tear up no matter how many times I see it 😭
It’s hard to pick a favorite Pixar film but this is my favorite. It just edges past Up and WallE.
Animated emotions.. that drive our vehicle bodies.. and decades of therapeutic psycho babble transformed into an easy to understand, fun and engaging two hour story.. wow. Pixar PHDs do it again. I am going with my mom to see the sequel in theaters.
My lead is a pair.. I think my sadness and anger are married.. go figure.
Luv the reactions V!
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I like how these Pixar films can make you cry as a child and as an adult. Since the new Inside Out movie is coming out so, I’m curious if you’re going to see it in theaters or wait until it comes out on digital.
It's so relatable, I'm excited for Inside Out 2! 🥰❤
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As a 50+ year old guy. I love the "GIRL! GIRL! GIRL!" is a teenage boy's mind! It's perfect!
“Throw Sadness in the pit” your so dark VKunia😂
At the end of the day, V's a big supporter of chaos. A true memelord.
heheeh. I know it was a humorous comment, but since it's only a movie and you want Riley to be happy, it made sense to me. I would have tried something different, but then it was a difficult situation. We don't always have to be happy. Sadness is something that makes us contemplate deeper. Hopefully makes us a better person.
This was the first movie I saw going away to college. It messed me up pretty good.
Without sadness, we cannot experience joy.
San Francisco even ruins, pizza
Genuinely one of the best movies for getting kids thinking with more complexity around emotions. Hell, adults too for that matter. I really love how the movie makes it clear that Sadness is not just an ok emotion, an emotion we're "allowed" to feel, it is absolutely necessary (I also imagine Sadness is my "leader" emotion in my control room). And the part where the console greys over and the emotions can't influence Riley anymore always hits me square in the chest because it is the single best metaphorical demonstration of what depression really is and I've been there. Such a thought provoking movie, I really love it.
It’s always so funny when reactors watch this and always start off hating on Sadness and then slowly realize that Sadness is needed 😂 great reaction!
Aww thank you Taylor!! 🥰🥰 Yeah it was tough to like sadness in the beginning since they frame her as more of a nuisance than anything LOL - then by the end they start showing how she’s valuable and the balance is necessary 🥹🥹
Has there ever been better casting than Lewis Black as the embodiment of anger?
Nice reaction but best parts from the end left off (teacher, bus driver, pizza seller, dog and cat)
The way memories are stored in our heads to keep us alive thus why they are attached to feelings. If we have a strong feeling during the time something happens in out lives our brain will either hold onto it or completely try to block it out for its own survival.
This kids' movie was so insightful and made me appreciate how complex and important emotions are. It is an excellent movie for kids and adults! it helps us to step back and reflect on our own mental health needs. It also helped me think about how to communicate my emotions to others and how we can show empathy for one another. I loved this movie!
Every time I see someone watching this movie get so frustrated with Sadness and saying she's ruining everything, and they should just throw her away, I'm like, "Seriously? In what world is suppressing Sadness ever healthy?"
That's the lesson that this movie is trying to teach in the first place
@@Deeps_ Exactly. It just surprises me that that doesn't click for a lot of people until the end.
@@dntm123 It doesn't surprise me. The movie was explicitly written such that Sadness seems annoying and a burden in the beginning, and then they add revelation moments to introduce the notion that Sadness is required, because she is. People trashing on Sadness in the beginning is the intended viewing experience.
The concepts of this movie are both simplified and highly complex, and it really does a good job of showing how our minds and emotions actually work. You can personify all the various neuro chemicals and hormones that make us “feel” emotions into this form, like dopamine, seratonin or adrenaline, and it actually works. It also really shows how these simple concepts of emotions become more complex and evolve as we grow more mature and a balance is found. For example, Mom is run by sadness, but that doesn’t mean that she’s sad all the time. Sadness within her has matured into empathy and compassion. Dad is controlled by anger, but in him it manifests as passion and drive. All these “primary” colors/emotions blend together into the whole spectrum of our emotional well being.
It’s interesting that you noted that the emotions all look the same in most people’s heads, but different in Riley’s headquarters. I have two thoughts as to why that is the case. 1, it represents the sense of “self” and those that we see with homogenous emotional representations have a solidified sense of who they are as a person, and Riley hasn’t come to that point in her development yet so appears more scattered. 2, it’s possible that Riley is neurodivergent in some way, perhaps on the spectrum, and so her emotions are more individualistic and don’t work together as well as most people’s do and she has less control of them than others. I don’t know which one, if either of them, is correct but considering what we’ve seen of the sequel when she’s 2 years older, that her emotional personalities are still individualistic, I lean towards the neurodivergence explanation.
Anybody else notice that when Riley expresses anger at the dinner table, her father's first response is Fear who then immediately turns the father's console over to Anger (passion), his primary emotion. This father is terrified by the idea that his little "happy" girl isn't happy. Poor guy, he later tries to make up for being "bad-tempered" by being goofy, which used to bring Riley "joy." The tactic doesn't work because Riley doesn't need joy at that moment. Also, we see how anger can be an outgrowth of fear and how we sometimes express fear by exhibiting anger.
This movie is so subtle. It deserves multiple views and close attention.
Vee has almost done reactions to all of my top 5 favorite movies. There was The Green Mile (number 2), Up (number 3), The Lion King (number 4), and now, Inside Out (number 5)! All that's left is Edward Scissorhands! Well, unless she's already seen it. I don't know if she has.
I Like Tht 'Wht The This Again?' Line From Anger
“Remember the funny movie where the dog dies?” I SWEAR that is an All Dogs Go To Heaven reference! I loved that movie growing up!❤❤❤
That’s funny, I was thinking Old Yeller. 😭😂
@@Little1Cave oh, I never actually watched that movie. Is it good?
@@themintgrrl3893 It’s been forever since I last seen it, and I didn’t see it often so I sadly can’t tell you much about it myself. 😅 But it is apparently a live action Disney classic, and it’s been referenced multiple times since then.
RIP to the homey Bing Bong. His band could slay.
This movie is so detailed and thought through!
I love this movie. Never expected that to happen before I watched it, but I do. The story is handled beautifully and it makes you feel things just as it should.
Just wanted to say that there *IS* an Inside Out 2 coming, and it *WILL* deal with Riley going through Puberty (the beginning of the trailer shows that red “Puberty” warning light lighting up), but it isn’t actually out yet. It releases to theaters on June 14th. After a dry rut at the theaters I’m looking forward to it and a couple others coming out in the not-too-distant future.
So, miss "sadness ruins everything", did we perhaps learn a lesson here?
lmao its so good. Toxic positivity is a real thing. It's so important to be able to recognize and accept your emotions, and to be able to process them, rather than deny they exist.
@@skribblestyle absolutely. Sadness needs to be felt. Joy is actually the antagonist of the film
Yes! Thank you! There was some major missing of the point at the start of this video
@@WezMan444 eh don't judge too harshly. But personally, I felt bad for sadness my first watch. I know how it feels to be misunderstood and isolated by others.
Yeah, even when they show Saddness comforting Bing Bong she still said "you're not helping"
Speaking of ‘floor is lava’ related injuries; I remember busting my kneecap on a coffee table 😂 I needed a trip to the ER to remove a shard of china from the bone!
I’m like super talented guys
Love the snort laugh, PERFECT
another reaction with my favorites: V, V snorting, V laughing, etc, etc. great reaction. this was a great movie to help teenagers understand some of things that we go through. i enjoyed using movies help with understanding different emotions or challenges we went through. great job as always!
Pixar has theme to their films. What if Bugs had emotions. What if Toys had emotions. What if Cars had emotions. And the ultimate, What if Emotions had emotions. Perfect reaction . Thank you.
I modelled all my emotions as colorful talking critters
I watched this with my wife. We should watch it again to remember sadness. Not all tears are evil.
You should absolutely check out inside out too when it comes to streaming and yes, it takes place with the same girl Riley, so her story continues
I really hope the second movie starts with “Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head?” Line XD
One of the worst things a parent(s) could to their kid(s) is to move mid school year to a new neighborhood/city and school, especially when their kid(s) are barely starting puberty.
I love the comedian Paula Poundstone's quirky humor. She said when she was a kid her imaginary friend played with the kid across the street! And VKUnia, You are wonderful. Inside Out was sooo good.
"What's Puberty?" It's probably not important. LOL . Inside Out 2 is here!!!! It's Riley. I am going to the theater ASAP.
XD Fear runs my consol. Even when happy, fear lingers.
Same.
This was a very well made animated film with a great voice cast
have a wonderful happy day VKunia.🎆📺📺🎇
I LOVE Amy Poehler! 🥰❤️
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Have a wonderful Wednesday VKunia.🎆🐶👋🎇
literally Eveybody: Joy Is so toxic
You: i love Joy