I have just seen Inside Out 2, an excellent animation that rejoins Riley, now 13, as she navigates the changes happening to and around her. Portraying the tight grip of anxiety and cringing moments of embarrassment sets it up to be both intelligent and humorous.
This is a clever revisit by Pixar, with more timely, relatable humour rippling through its characters (pictured above). And because each emotion is clearly a caricature, the film can have really silly moments without trivialising mental states or the neuroscience behind them.
The inclusion of careful little details, such as that Riley’s rainbow T-shirt…