This is the best sequel I've seen in a while. The Inside Out movies really make you reflect on mental crises and how emotions are being reconciled when they happen. As a psychology amateur, I appreciate how their movies help me psychoanalyze myself to better understand what I went through during some crises. I believe both movies so far have explained two of Erickson's eight life crises in an entertaining film format. As there are 3-4 more coming and Riley's life, the creators have a lot to work with.
This one in particular helped me realize how we acquire new emotions throughout adolescence, some which we may have felt moderately as children but more strongly as teenagers. Anxiety, boredom, embarrassment, envy. These emotions did seem stronger during adolescence for me, but it was a gradual emergence that did not happen overnight hesitated for Riley. Learning to master them was a challenge that took me decades, and I still haven't mastered embarassment.
And boy are these movies funny, my wife and I laughed our heads off. The next one could be about Riley's first boyfriend, or first job- when the next crisis in Erickson's stages of development happens.
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