say that films like Inside Out 2 open the door to important conversations to have with kids. “If a kid is prone to anxiety, I think that this is a really good thing to see,” Kennedy-Moore said ...

But when puberty hits one night, four new emotions shake up Riley's core emotions: Envy, Ennui, Embarrassment and, most of all, Anxiety. Clinical psychologist and Inside Out 2 consultant Lisa ...

I’m not especially malevolent or intimidating, so I didn’t expect to be the villain in the new Pixar kids’ film, “Inside Out 2.” But as it turns out, the antagonist in the movie is ...

In a way that’s both cathartic and devastating, Pixar’s latest portrays how anxiety can take hold, our critic writes. By Maya Phillips At the climax of Pixar’s “Inside Out 2,” Riley ...

Inside Out 2 added a new roster to the team, including one bossy emotion in particular: Anxiety. The climax of the movie features a full-blown anxiety attack, which is experienced by Riley—the ...

No animated movie dominated 2024 quite like Pixar’s “Inside Out 2.” The sequel, which saw lead character Riley, now a teenager, dealing with brand-new emotions like Anxiety (Maya Hawke ...

On this, too, the film comes through with what needs to be understood: even against out-of-whack anxiety, we’re not powerless. Dr. Lisa Damour, author and consultant on “Inside Out 2” In one ...

Sometimes we all need a little help from others, even the personification of anxiety itself. In “Inside Out 2,” Anxiety (voiced by Maya Hawke) arrives with other new emotions in young Riley ...