Emotional disconnect almost derails INSIDE OUT
If you've read any of my reviews this year, you might notice that I've talked about the emotional disconnect that some movies are plagued with. I'm referring to lack of character development (example-UNBROKEN and FURY, come to mind.)
PIXAR'S latest animated film, INSIDE OUT, almost gets derailed with the lack of character development/character empathy and a flimsy storyline that plays like a re-tread of the Toy Story Movies. Two characters with different personalities find themselves out of their comfort zone and spend the rest of the movie trying to get back. Been there. Done that about a 1000 times over.
But does INSIDE OUT offer anything to write home about? Yes. Two voice over performances that breath life into this "cute" film. Those two are Phyllis Smith (from The Office) as the emotion Sadness and Richard Kind (Spin City) as a stuff animal type creature named Bing Bong. If it weren't for these two supporting characters, I feel we would have another WALL*E on our hands.
There are other comedic characters in the film (Amy Poehler in the central role as Joy), but none really stand out like Smith and Kind's characters do. I wish there were more of this type of energy in the film.
I'm not even going to go into the plot of the film, which is basically about an 11 year old girl's emotions. The animation is good as you come to expect with Pixar, but the story lacks that emotional connection, at least for me. There is enough here to recommend, just barely.
I give INSIDE OUT a B-.
Take my two cents for what it's worth. :O)
PIXAR'S latest animated film, INSIDE OUT, almost gets derailed with the lack of character development/character empathy and a flimsy storyline that plays like a re-tread of the Toy Story Movies. Two characters with different personalities find themselves out of their comfort zone and spend the rest of the movie trying to get back. Been there. Done that about a 1000 times over.But does INSIDE OUT offer anything to write home about? Yes. Two voice over performances that breath life into this "cute" film. Those two are Phyllis Smith (from The Office) as the emotion Sadness and Richard Kind (Spin City) as a stuff animal type creature named Bing Bong. If it weren't for these two supporting characters, I feel we would have another WALL*E on our hands.
There are other comedic characters in the film (Amy Poehler in the central role as Joy), but none really stand out like Smith and Kind's characters do. I wish there were more of this type of energy in the film.
I'm not even going to go into the plot of the film, which is basically about an 11 year old girl's emotions. The animation is good as you come to expect with Pixar, but the story lacks that emotional connection, at least for me. There is enough here to recommend, just barely.
I give INSIDE OUT a B-.
Take my two cents for what it's worth. :O)
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