RECENTLY VIEWED: INSIDE OUT 2

Usually I jump at the chance to go to the movies with my daughter, who is a fellow movie buff. However, she wanted to fo see Inside Out 2, and I was not that keen on seeing it. I never saw the first movie so we watched it the week before we went, and it was pretty good. It was sentimental and I teared up, so I was more excited to see the sequel. Inside Out 2 is a 2024 American animated coming-of-age film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to Inside Out (2015), it was directed by Kelsey Mann (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Mark Nielsen, from a screenplay written by Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein, and a story conceived by Mann and LeFauve. Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Diane Lane, and Kyle MacLachlan reprise their roles from the first film, with Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman, Tony Hale, Liza Lapira, Ayo Edebiri, Lilimar, Grace Lu, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Paul Walter Hauser joining the cast. The film tells the story of Riley's emotions as they find themselves joined by new emotions that want to take over Riley's head.

Inside Out 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 10, 2024, and was released in theaters in the United States on June 14. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $1.359 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2024. It had the third-biggest domestic opening weekend for an animated film and became the fastest animated film to cross the $1 billion mark, alongside being the fourth highest-grossing animated film of all-time and the highest-grossing film in Pixar history.

If you saw the first film and enjoyed it, you will probably like this film. I don't think this sequel was as sentimental and heartwarming as the first film, but as my daughter is entering womanhood she really enjoyed the movie. Amy Poehler makes the movie - just like she makes everything she stars in. I recommend seeing it with someone you love - like a daughter and granddaughter, and enjoy a nice Pixar film. The movie wasn't the best but spending time with my daighter on a Sunday morning was...

MY RATING: 8 out of 10