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Anna Gibbs

The Fundamental Aspect of Human Emotion that ‘Inside Out 2’ Gets Wrong


Inside Out’s protagonist Riley is finally a teen, and you know what that means: new emotions! In the first movie, 11-year-old Riley learns how to manage her five emotions – Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear — which are all prominent characters in the film. Nearly a decade later, the long-awaited Inside Out 2 starts with Riley just turning 13. The worrying “puberty” alarm that showed up at the end of Inside Out has finally gone off, triggering the arrival of four new socially-motivated emotions (Anxiety, Embarrassment, Envy, and Ennui), who appear out of nowhere.

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