![]() What the movie makes us realize, is how our happiness and our resolution of big and small problems, can come from the experience of failure, fear, embarrassment, frustration, disappointment and loss. As described by Dacher Keltner, PhD., one of the main psychologists who worked on the film, it’s this complexity of emotion that becomes so important as we develop. This is an important realization for children, and for parents. Yet, as we follow the story, we come to understand that emotions don’t have to be an all-or-nothing experience sometimes different emotions shape the same event or memory. Similarly, the onus is placed on Joy to save the day. When we first encounter Riley in the movie, the spotlight is firmly planted on Joy. Joy is not unlike many parents: we strive to make sure our kids are feeling great as much of the time as possible. What resonated with me, though, was that the story unfolds from Joy trying too hard to keep Sadness in her place. The audience watches as the story unfolds after Sadness causes havoc by accident. What she didn’t realize, was how important it was for Riley to experience all emotions, particularly Sadness. It seems like Sadness is ruining everything. SPOILER ALERT: In Inside Out, the primary conflict is between Joy and Sadness. What I think it also did well – and what I think was something the writers were very careful to do – was to balance the importance of all emotions. The movie does a remarkable job at illustrating how emotions shape the ways we interact with other people, and the decisions that we make. As a psychologist, I think it’s an amazing feat that children and their parents are going to have a much better understanding of such complex constructs as personality, emotion regulation and memory because of this movie. And for good reason it is a truly wonderful movie! Not only was it entertaining for all ages, this movie has provided children and their parents with an accessible, imaginative and enlightening framework for how emotions impact our lives. It seems like everyone has been talking about Disney Pixar’s Inside Out this summer. – Movie Review of Pixar’s Inside Out by G.G., age 3.5 years My favourite characters were Joy and Disgust. I thought that Joy was a little cuckoo with Sadness she wasn’t very happy with Sadness. I really liked when Joy and Sadness came home.
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