THB #553: Inside Out 2

I really enjoyed Inside Out 2, though I definitely had a feeling that there was something missing from the 3rd act. The film does a nice job of re-establishing the characters from the first film. The film does a nice job of establishing the new, very and likeable emotions inside Riley’s head.

But there is something in the scale of the overall movie that feels less expansive than the first film.

In a weird way - or weird for a middle-aged man to discuss - the troubles start with the flashing “puberty” button, which for a 13-year-old girl seems as likely as not to coincide with her first period. Yes, I get that this analysis is a bit too specific… but it was my immediate thought when that button went off, connecting instantly for me to the masterful Turning Red, which was dumped by the Chapek version of Disney, which seemed eternally fearful of women in how it dumped some really good movies, including the painfully mishandled Encanto. “Are they really going to do another film about a t…