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June 14, 2024

At the Movies: Peace (and pieces) of mind ‘Inside Out 2'

By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer

Sequels have been a touchy subject when it comes to Pixar, but it's hard to deny the natural premise of “Inside Out 2.” It's been nine years since “Inside Out,” yet in the span between that film and its new sequel, Riley, the young girl with a head full of emotions, has gone from 11 years old to 13. She's just grown up a little.

Or maybe a lot. In the middle of the night, the old gang of Joy ( Amy Poehler ), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Tony Hale), Disgust (Liza Lapira) and Anger (Lewis Black) are roused from their beds by a soft beep, like a fire alarm in need of a new battery, but soon it's sounding an all-out emergency. On their console a red light blinks. “What's that?” one says. “Puberty,” the button reads. Soon, construction workers are swarming the control room for “demo day,” with wrecking balls making room for “the others.”


 
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