Inside Out - PIXAR strikes Gold

After wowing us with the feelings of Toys, Cars, Rats, Superheroes, and most recently Planes, PIXAR studios is back with its latest offering, the feelings of 'Feelings'. Yes, you heard it right. Inside Out is a movie about a 11 year old girl, Riley Anderson and her troubles with moving on to a new city and growing up while managing her feelings.
The main character of the movie is not Riley, but the five feelings inside her, namely Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear and Anger, which drive her emotions. As the movie starts, we see first glimpse of Joy when Riley is born and giggling, Slowly and steadily we are introduced with these 5 never-seen-before characters, all trying to be the dominant ones, with Joy leading the pack. In a terrific opening scene, where all her memories are being stored and the concepts of the movie are being laid, we see how far PIXAR has come in terms of technological marvel. Some of these memories are core memories, which lay the foundations of her personality, and define who she is. As she grows up, her memories are being stored and with it these 5 characters show different shades of her. Post this, in some misunderstanding Joy and Sadness are out of the Headquarters and land in a strange place full of multi-colored globes which are her memories of all her lifetime. With Anger, Disgust and Fear controlling all of Riley's emotions, things go haywire very quickly, as she ditches with her family and school. A new town, new school, new life is not easy to handle when you lose the emotions of happiness and sadness, and that is shown beautifully here. In another hilarious scene, when her mother asks how school was, and she replies with disgust and signals the father is pure genius. The rest of the movie shows different encounters of Joy and Sadness working their way back to headquarters to save her life from ruining, the clock is ticking as her world crumbles in front of their eyes. In this journey they meet some delicious characters like bingbong, her imaginary friend who dreams of going to the moon with her, the memory deleters who delete the faded memories, and go to the deepest places of her mind such as Dream Productions (the ones which shows her the dreams), Imaginary land (which stores her fantasises), Train of thought (which works when she is awake) and many others.
All in all, this is one of the best PIXAR movies till date after misfiring with sequels. It has a brilliant premise, attention to detail and extra-ordinary effects. Amy Poehler as Joy is wonderful, but the underdog is Sadness which steals the show. Contrary to popular belief, Inside Out is for all ages alike. Pete Doctor has brought an almost impossible idea to life and with what grandeur. Running at a crisp 103 minutes, this is a roller-coaster ride of emotions and fun that one shouldn't miss, by the end of it you'll start seeing things in a different manner.