Inside Out (2015)
Directed by Pete Docter
Released by Walt Disney Pictures
The Academy Award for the Best Animated Feature 2016, Golden Globe Award, Critics' Choice Award
Task 1. Answer the following questions concerning the plot of the film:
What is the main character’s name?
How old is the young girl at the beginning of the story?
How many emotions are there in her mind?
What are the names of these personified emotions?
Why did the girl have to adjust to a new life?
Where was the girl born?
How is the girl’s mind called?
Where are the girl’s memories stored?
What is the name of the most important memories?
How are different aspects of the girl’s personality illustrated?
What are the roles and the aims of the girl’s emotions?
What city did the girl’s family move to?
What troubles did the girl have to face?
What is the name of the place in the girl’s mind where memories are forgotten completely?
What is the name of the girl’s imaginary friend?
How did Joy manage to go back to the Headquarters?
What emotion made the girl go back to her parents?
When did the girl finally adapt to her new life?
Task 2. Retell the plot of the film from the point of view of Riley, her mother, her father, one of the emotions.
Task 3. Complete the sentence “If I were…, I would…”.
Task 4. Think of an alternative ending to the story.
Task 5. Write a short film review describing your impressions of the film.