The film's heart is what sets it miles above the Pixar catalog even though it has the charm and humor that one expects from a Pixar movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 11, 2024

A high-concept and sometimes emotionally resonant animated comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 9, 2024

Inside Out reminded everyone that, after a few missteps in the early 2010s, the studio was still capable of instant classics.

Full Review | Mar 1, 2024

Pixar has mastered the uncanny ability to take all of the manic and whiz-bang-zoom kinetic energy and slow down it all down, pause, or stop at the rightfully perfect times to reflect on the emotional bedrock of why all of what they are doing matters.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 4, 2023

... a sharply insightful exploration of the complicated feelings of kids as a cartoon brainscan or an extended dream that turns the mind into an epic theme park ...

Full Review | Aug 27, 2023

I was convinced that Riley's journey was mine.

Full Review | Jul 25, 2022

An achievement of world-building and screenwriting in ways that are rarely seen in any movie, let alone an animated film ostensibly aimed at children.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 30, 2022

Inside Out beautifully transforms emotional conflict into an adventure, a surreal look at the internal machinations that encompass why we feel the way we do.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 9, 2022

Combining a classic fish out of water tale with the studio's trademark sharp, funny, insightful writing, delivered by an exceptional comic cast, and, of course, those gorgeous visuals.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2021

Inside Out is one of the best movies of the year, psychologically astute, witty, imaginative, utterly captivating.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2021

Pixar's brilliantly conceived and realized Inside Out illuminates a tween girl's conflicted emotional life with superb storytelling, animation and performances.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2021

A long-time proponent that Toy Story is Pixar's best film, I might have to re-look at that conviction in light of the absolute delight that is Inside Out.

Full Review | Sep 13, 2021

There's beauty and care in every scene of this remarkable film.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Aug 29, 2021

A film that will deepen with repeat viewings, which is probably a good thing as when it hits Blu Ray kids are going to want to watch it again and again, and for once, parents won't mind joining in.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 3, 2021

After a couple of movies that felt a little like Minor Pixar, Inside Out swings for the fences repeatedly, from its trademark emotional sensitivity to its equally trademark bang-up gag-writing.

Full Review | Jan 27, 2021

Inside Out is not just a coming-of-age movie. It's a deconstruction of all coming-of-age movies and of the very idea of growing older.

Full Review | Jan 13, 2021

A keenly cinematic balancing act of insight and understanding.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 4, 2020

Inside Out is a return to form for John Lasseter, Pete Docter, and all the folks at Pixar.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 12, 2020

While it simplifies a lot of those complexities..., as far as the morality of the story goes, it's nice to see a story embrace those emotional qualities. It achieves that through brilliant comedic timing and some genuine heartfelt moments.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 17, 2020

An ingenious, moving story about the pain of growing up and handling big, new emotions that delights older and younger viewers alike.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jul 5, 2020