Inside Out 2: New Emotions Anxiety and Envy Threaten Riley's Emotional Control

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Directed by Kelsey Mann, Inside Out 2 introduces a whole new cast of emotions who are brought into 'head-quarters' when Riley becomes a teenager.
Disney/Pixar's Inside Out 2 is a sequel to the 2015 Best Animated Feature Oscar winner.
Inside Out 2 is expected to have a strong domestic opening of $90 million and top box office revenue for the year to date.
Riley, voiced by Kaitlyn Dias, is now a teenager and her emotions Joy, Anger, Sadness, Disgust and Fear are being threatened by newcomers: Anxiety and Envy.
Inside Out 2: New Emotions Anxiety and Envy Threaten Riley's Emotional Control

Disney/Pixar’s 'Inside Out 2' Disney/Pixar

Nearly 10 years after Pixar’s Inside Out highlighted emotions in a very real and raw way, the animation company and Disney Studios have returned to the rollercoaster with  Inside Out 2. Disney/Pixar Riley (voiced by Kensington Tallman) is now 13 years old, a true teenager on the brink of puberty, and thus her five reliable feelings — Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Tony Hale), Disgust (Liza Lapira), Anger (Lewis Black) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith)’s control is being threatened by newcomers: Maya Hawke’s anxiety and Ayo Edebiri’s envy while their more removed peers Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser) and Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos) help from the sidelines. Eager to man the emotional control board are Maya Hawke’s anxiety and Ayo Edebiri’s Envy while their more removed peers Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser) and Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos) help from the sidelines. Amy Poehler voices Joy in Inside Out 2, Phyllis Smith voices Sadness in Inside Out 2, and Liza Lapira voices Disgust in Inside Out 2. The sequel to the 2015 Best Animated Feature Oscar winner Inside Out, Inside Out 2 is the latest animated feature from Disney and Pixar Animation Studios. It follows Riley (voice of Kaitlyn Dias), a young girl who underwent a huge adjustment in her life when her family moved from Minnesota to San Francisco. In Inside Out 2, much of the action takes place in Riley’s brain — known as her Headquarters — where her emotions Joy (Amy Poehler), Anger (Lewis Black), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Fear (Tony Hale) work together to control Riley’s feelings. However, things get complicated when a new emotion named Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke, takes control of the emotional headquarters causing Joy, Fear, Disgust and Sadness to become suppressed emotions. Amy Poehler leads the voice cast for Inside Out 2 along with Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale and others.

Inside Out 2 is expected to have a strong domestic opening of $90 million and top box office revenue for the year to date. Pixar and Disney are hoping that Inside Out 2 will provide a much-needed boost after several years of strife, including when the former Disney regime decided to send a trio of Pixar films straight to streaming. Inside Out 2 is earning glowing reviews and is among the five best-rated Pixar films on Rotten Tomatoes with a critics’ score of 92 percent. Directed by Kelsey Mann, the sequel introduces a whole new cast of emotions who are brought into “head”-quarters when the story’s young heroine, Riley, becomes a teenager. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust aren’t so sure how to feel about the arrival of Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment. Inside Out 2 has made $13 million from Thursday previews, the best in 2024. It is projected to have a potential $100M opening weekend.

Inside Out 2 will be released in theaters on June 14, 2024.

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Confidence

85%

Doubts
  • Is it confirmed that Anxiety and Envy are new permanent emotions for Riley?
  • What is the exact role of Embarrassment and Ennui in Inside Out 2?

Sources

94%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
(Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

‘Inside Out 2’ Excites Thursday With Best YTD Previews Of $13M As Pixar Movie Eyes $100M Opening; ‘Bad Boys’ Franchise Crosses $1 Billion WW

Deadline Hollywood Anthony D'Alessandro Friday, 14 June 2024 14:55
  • Unique Points
    • Disney/Pixar's Inside Out 2 made $13M from Thursday previews, the best in 2024.
    • Sony’s Bad Boys franchise has crossed the $1 billion global threshold.
  • Accuracy
    No Contradictions at Time Of Publication
  • Deception (90%)
    The article provides accurate information about the box office performance of Inside Out 2 and Bad Boys: Ride or Die. The author includes quotes from various sources such as Rotten Tomatoes scores and theater counts. However, there is an attempt to create excitement around the movie's performance by using hyperbolic language like 'excites Thursday with best YTD previews', 'eyes $100M opening', and 'blow past its $135M global opening projection'. These statements are not directly deceptive but they do try to manipulate the reader's emotions. Additionally, the article compares Inside Out 2's preview numbers to other movies, implying that it will perform similarly, which may be misleading as each movie has unique circumstances.
    • We got a hit on our hands as Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 clocked $13M from Thursday previews that began at 3 p.m., the best so far in 2024. beating Dune: Part Two‘s $12M.
  • Fallacies (100%)
    None Found At Time Of Publication
  • Bias (100%)
    None Found At Time Of Publication
  • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
    None Found At Time Of Publication
  • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
    None Found At Time Of Publication

88%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
(Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

When Anxiety Is Not a Superpower

The Atlantic Magazine David Sims Thursday, 13 June 2024 16:53
  • Unique Points
    • Anxiety is an orange sprite who quickly starts hogging the console that controls Riley’s behavior and makes panicked decisions to avoid every nightmarish future
    • Joy must search for Riley’s original sense of self which is being replaced by a more anxious variant represented by jagged orange lightning bolts
  • Accuracy
    No Contradictions at Time Of Publication
  • Deception (70%)
    The article contains editorializing and sensationalism. The author expresses his opinion that the new emotions in Inside Out 2 are 'bland CGI goop' and reduces complex emotional concepts to 'screenwriting MacGuffins'. He also uses the phrase 'my thinking immediately went to' when comparing Inside Out 2 to another film, implying a superiority of that film. These actions demonstrate a lack of objectivity and an attempt to manipulate the reader's emotions.
    • The problem is that this is still, at its heart, a movie for children, so a more typical quest-y story structure has to be imposed. After Anxiety evicts the original emotions to the back of Riley’s mind, Joy must search for Riley’s original, purer sense of self.
    • The first Inside Out, released nearly a decade ago, was the peak of Pixar’s blob cinema–a children’s drama about brightly colored beings representing human emotions such as joy and sadness, warring with one another as a representation of an 11-year-old’s evolving inner life. The systematization of something so multifaceted felt a little glib, but Pixar knows how to entertain, and so Inside Out pushed my buttons with practiced ease.
    • I got enough laughs out of the new emotions–the chirpy Edebiri and the scathingly rude Exarchopoulos are highlights–to essentially enjoy Inside Out 2. But although it’s often charming and relatable, it’s a letdown when you consider the heights such a project could reach.
  • Fallacies (80%)
    The author uses personification and anthropomorphism in his descriptions of the emotions represented by blobs in Pixar's Inside Out 2. This is an informal fallacy as it attributes human qualities to non-human things without justification. The author also makes a comparison between the emotions and CGI goop, which is an inflammatory rhetoric that may not be based on factual evidence.
    • > Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has more emotions, and more blobs representing those emotions.<br>The systematization of something so multifaceted felt a little glib, but Pixar knows how to entertain, and so Inside Out pushed my buttons with practiced ease.<br>But have you ever wondered what someone’s ‘sense of self’ might look like? Inside Out 2 has the answer: a bunch of glowing strings tied into a tree-shaped bow.<br>The problem is that this is still, at its heart, a movie for children, so a more typical quest-y story structure has to be imposed.
    • > The original Inside Out was about being in touch with your darker emotions; the perpetually sunny Joy had to learn to work with Sadness, realizing that her presence was a necessary part of life.<br>The sequel should feel more complicated; anxiety is a more irrational emotion than the sweeping concept of ‘sadness,’ and the notion of a mad actor suddenly governing one’s feelings does feel like the perfect analogy for teenhood.<br>But although it’s often charming and relatable, it’s a letdown when you consider the heights such a project could reach.
    • > I got enough laughs out of the new emotions—the chirpy Edebiri and the scathingly rude Exarchopoulos are highlights<br>But Inside Out 2 is sweet, but all it has is blobs.
  • Bias (95%)
    The author expresses a critical opinion towards the representation of emotions as blobs in Pixar's Inside Out 2. He finds it glib and reductionist, but acknowledges that the film is entertaining. The author also expresses disappointment that the sequel does not live up to the complexity of its subject matter, implying a preference for more mature and nuanced storytelling.
    • But that's not the vibe in her brain, where a red alarm labeled PUBERTY is flashing, and the broad emotions of the first film are being joined by more complex, often irritating beings.
      • I got enough laughs out of the new emotions–the chirpy Edebiri and the scathingly rude Exarchopoulos are highlights–to essentially enjoy Inside Out 2. But although it's often charming and relatable, it's a letdown when you consider the heights such a project could reach.
        • The problem is that this is still, at its heart, a movie for children, so a more typical quest-y story structure has to be imposed.
          • The systematization of something so multifaceted felt a little glib, but Pixar knows how to entertain, and so Inside Out pushed my buttons with practiced ease.
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication

          100%

          The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
          (Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

          A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

          ‘Inside Out 2’ Voice Cast Guide: Who Voices The Emotions?

          Deadline Hollywood Dessi Gomez Friday, 14 June 2024 17:00
          • Unique Points
            • Ayo Edebiri voices Envy in Inside Out 2
            • Adèle Exarchopoulos lends her voice to Ennui, a new emotion, in Inside Out 2
          • Accuracy
            No Contradictions at Time Of Publication
          • Deception (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Fallacies (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Bias (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication

          99%

          The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
          (Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

          A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

          ‘Inside Out 2’ End Credits Scenes, Explained

          Forbes Magazine Tim Lammers Thursday, 13 June 2024 00:00
          • Unique Points
            • Inside Out 2 is a new animated feature from Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.
            • Riley, the protagonist of Inside Out 2, is now 13 years old.
            • Anxiety takes control of Riley’s Headquarters causing Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness to become suppressed emotions.
            • Joy must search for Riley’s original sense of self which is being replaced by a more anxious variant represented by jagged orange lightning bolts.
            • Amy Poehler voices Joy in Inside Out 2
            • Phyllis Smith voices Sadness in Inside Out 2
            • Liza Lapira voices Disgust in Inside Out 2
          • Accuracy
            No Contradictions at Time Of Publication
          • Deception (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Fallacies (95%)
            The article contains some instances of appeals to authority and inflammatory rhetoric, but no formal or dichotomous fallacies are present. The author uses the Forbes brand as an appeal to authority when discussing the movie's release and box office potential. Additionally, there are a few instances of inflammatory language used to describe Riley's new emotions and their impact on her behavior, such as 'questionable decisions' and 'unhealthy.' However, these instances do not significantly detract from the overall quality of the article.
            • ][Forbes] The movie still has two scenes during the end credits. The first one comes shortly after the credits start rolling, where Riley is sitting with Mom (Diane Lane) and Dad (Kyle McLachlan) at home at the dinner table and Mom asks her how hockey camp was. In teenagerly fashion, Riley simply responds, 'It was good,' and the scene suddenly flashes into the emotions of her parents as they respond to their daughter's non-answer answer.[/]
            • The second end credits scene comes after the credits are done rolling. The purpose for it, as viewers will find out, is to wrap up some loose ends from a scene earlier in Inside Out 2. The after credits scene is a callback to the middle of the film when the emotions Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness are suppressed and ushered away from Riley’s Headquarters and brought to a vault–where the girl’s secrets are locked away. In the vault, Joy and her fellow emotions meet Riley’s Deep Dark Secret (Steve Purcell), but they can’t get him to reveal what the secret is.
            • The author uses 'Forbes' as an appeal to authority when discussing the movie's end credits scenes.
          • Bias (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication

          97%

          The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
          (Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

          A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

          Box Office Preview: Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ Jumps on Tracking, Now Eyeing $90M U.S. Opening

          The Hollywood Reporter Pamela McClintock Thursday, 13 June 2024 20:11
          • Unique Points
            • Amy Poehler leads the voice cast for Inside Out 2 along with Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale and others.
            • Inside Out 2 is expected to have a strong domestic opening of $90 million and top box office revenue for the year to date.
          • Accuracy
            No Contradictions at Time Of Publication
          • Deception (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Fallacies (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Bias (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication