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Please excuse any mistakes as my English is not very good. There are no spoilers in this review.

I had the pleasure of seeing 'Inside Out' at the Cannes Film Festival and I must say it was wonderful and a huge step-up from Pixar's recent efforts. The trailers don't really do it justice. The story may seem complicated for younger viewers, but the way Pixar tells the story fits for both adults and children. The pacing is in the vein of Wall-E, and in that sense it is very much a film for adults as it is for kids (like most Pixar movies). The story here is surprisingly raw and emotional, one that has very deep underlying themes that adults will connect with. Many of the audience members were crying at the end. It has one of the most original stories for an animation in the last few years, and I believe many people (especially adults) will form a connection to it.

Speaking of animation, the film is breathtakingly beautiful. There is a nice contrast of colors that make it look vibrant, like Pixar's 'UP'. The voice cast did a wonderful job and you couldn't ask for better direction from Pete Doctor and co. I cannot wait to see this a second time with family and friends. Highly recommended.

PS: The short that played before the film, 'Lava', was also beautiful. It was sort of a musical, and it was quite funny and clever. The audience even applauded at the end of it, myself included. In that sense, it provides the entire package a nice balance of joy and laughter (Lava) followed by deep storytelling and emotion (Inside Out).

What a fulfilling, complete film. It's pretty much Drive meets Killing Them Softly with family themes thrown in. But it's better than either of those films. It's never dull or boring even with a 140 min run time because it keeps changing things up and has three very distinct acts. In fact, I feel that it was too short for its high ambitions. I would not have been against it being three hours long.

The direction is superb and the one shot takes that are frequently used are breathtaking. Acting was great with Gosling stealing the show. It's not perfect, but the flaws that some people mention are rather nit-picky. Not going to forget this admirable story and its hard-hitting themes anytime soon.

The best horror remake since The Ring. I wouldn't call it a remake though. It's more of a re-imagining of a classic horror story. It takes the perfect amount of goodness from the horror classic to make it nostalgic without the "been there, done that" feeling and adds many new elements to it that make it its' own.

While this may not hit cult classic status like EDII did, this is still an amazing horror film. The effects are admirable. You can tell they didn't use computer generated effects by the quality. I'm not a gore fan in horror films because they usually substitute the story for the gore, but this wasn't the case here. While I didn't laugh as much as I did with the original Evil Dead films, this was still one of the funnest theater experiences I've had in a while.

You already know if this film is up your alley or not by the trailers, so critics are irrelevant in this case. A lot of love was put into this re-imagining by Raimi and the promising director Alvarez. The female lead was also wonderful and, as far as lead females in horror go, could potentially become iconic. She absolutely steals the show with some very memorable scenes and a face made to show fear. By the end of the film, with the perfect conclusion and the sound blasting into my ears, I couldn't help but think I was watching something special.