Inside Out 2 was released on June 14, 2024. It was directed by Kelsey Mann. It is a sequel to the movie Inside Out. In the movie Inside Out 2, we were introduced to new emotions. In my opinion, this movie is a must-see and everyone should watch it at least once.
Inside Out 2 follows the life of a girl named Riley who is growing up and living through changes. It starts with Riley and her friends getting invited to a High School hockey camp. It is a three-day camp and on the car ride to the camp, she finds out that her two best friends will not be going to the same high school as her. Riley is starting to develop new emotions like Anxiety, Embarrassment, Envy, and Ennui.
Anxiety feels like the only way Riley will get through High School is to get on the hockey team and become friends with the players. The new emotions decided to take over. Anxiety makes Riley ditch her old friends and focus on her future. It’s Riley’s final day of camp and she knows that this is her last day to prove herself and make it onto the team. Riley tries everything she steals the puck from her teammate to score and even hurts her best friend. Riley starts to get stuck in her head and has a massive panic attack that none of the emotions know how to deal with. All of the emotions start to realize that they can’t control her and take a step back.
This movie had no weak points. The director tried to convey the importance of maintaining and having good mental health. This movie does a good job of normalizing anxiety and how it makes people act. Inside Out 2 was released 9 years after the first movie, so it’s like the audience grew up along with the main character. It relates to high schoolers because it shows the emotions that people go through when they have changed. Overall this movie is a 10/10.
