"Inside Out"

Too my boys to see the movie "Inside Out" last night. Wow. If you haven't seen it, don't worry I won't spoil it for you.  But bring your kleenex.  I cried like a baby.

It was very sad.

It deals with the emotions of the 11-year old main character Riley.  Her parents have just moved her across the country from Minnesota to San Fransisco because of her father's new job and she's not happy.  She's dealing with all the emotions that go along with that  - Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Disgust - and those all the five characters who live inside her brain that run those emotions for her.

The reviews for the movie are all over the place.  Many people are saying this is the best Pixar movie ever.  Others are saying that it was too sad and deep for a children's movie.  I don't want my blog to turn into a movie review, but I would say it was definately not the best Pixar movie ever made (I would give that to Cars), but I also would not say it was too deep, or too sad for a children's movie. One reviewer said her and her 6 year old had to leave the movie because her daughter was sobbing so bad. I think it's crazy that a 6 year old could understand the depth of the emotions involved in the movie, but perhaps.

I think it was a great showcase of how everyone - especially kids - use all their emotions on a daily basis to make decisions and without all our emotions we cannot grow and we cannot learn from our mistakes.  And sometimes being sad is a good thing.

We left the movie last night talking about our emotions - it's always hard having two boys.  But I made sure they knew it's okay to be sad, angry, disgusted at times, but that your emotions should all work closely together to eventually come to a happy place.

Even if the day starts out crappy, your emotions should help you find a way to know that in the end, it will always be a beautiful day!