There are a lot of gut-wrenching moments in Inside Out. Moving house. The death of an imaginary friend. The conversion of all happy childhood memories to melancholic ones. It's basically a 90 minute colourful animation of a Smiths song. But the most devastating part of the film is a tiny little detail that's easy for kids to miss. It'd be easy for adults to miss too, except that by the time this movie came out, we were primed to be on the look-out for the tragedies littered throughout everything Pixar releases. Riley, Inside Out's main character, is driven primarily by the emotion of Joy and as the plot progresses, Joy must make space for the other emotions, including the previously ignored Sadness. That's all well and good. A mix of emotional states is healthy and we have every reason to believe that Riley will continue to be mostly joyful, right? Nope. The few times we see inside her mother's head, it's driven by Sadness and apparently that's the status quo (and has been for a while). Riley seems destined for a future dictated by Sadness. Childhood is fleeting and misery comes for us all. Enjoy the movie, kids.
Brydie is an Australian writer and performer living in London and she complains exactly the same amount about the weather as every other Australian living in London. Yes, that is her natural lip colour, no, she will not be taking any further questions at this time.
