Pete Docter's Pixar

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Director Pete Docter brings Pixar back to life with the animated film Inside Out. The beloved animation studio has returned to the pinnacle of adult and child entertainment established in the late-2000s with films like Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, and Toy Story 3. How fitting, then, that this picture—set predominantly inside the mind of an 11-year-old only child named Riley who’s forced to move with her parents to San Francisco from her hometown in Minnesota—features five emotions as its main characters: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust. Character development with each character is vital to the understanding and glimpse of the spectacular world of psychology and giving a simple aspect and peek into our own imagination.
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