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I Saw A Good Movie Tonight

>The name of the movie was Inside Out. On the surface, it seemed like a children's movie, because it was animated, and the main character of the story was an 11-year-old girl. But it was so much more interesting and thought-provoking than any children's movie I've ever seen. It had a lot to say about the inner workings of people, and it made me think about which emotion, or emotions, are running the show in my life. Every emotion has a purpose, but we need to be aware of which emotion is mainly in control.

I also liked it because it takes place in Minnesota, my home state.

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pearllederman

what was it about?

TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

It was about an 11-year-old girl named Riley, who has to move from Minnesota to San Francisco, California because her dad got a new job there, and how her emotions struggle to help her adjust to this and cope with the new environment that she finds herself in. Each of her emotions is shown as a character in the movie. From the time she was born, her most dominant emotion has always been Joy, but because this is a difficult time for her, the other emotions, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust start fighting to take control of her mental state. Joy struggles to maintain control and keep the other emotions in check, but for a while Joy and Sadness get pushed into the background. In the end, Joy realizes that Sadness also serves a real purpose (just as Fear, Anger, and Disgust do), and, with the help of Sadness, she manages to help the girl accept what has happened and begin to create new happy memories. I hope that I'm not giving away too much, in case you might want to see the movie. But it was really good.

I think that the real message of the movie is that all of our emotions, even sadness, have a purpose. Some people seem to think that sadness is always a bad thing that should never be experienced, and in the movie the other emotions didn't understand Sadness's purpose either. But in the end Sadness proved to be very necessary. If it hadn't been for Sadness, the girl would never have gotten the understanding and support that she needed from her parents to help her adjust to the move.