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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Inside Out 2" adds Maya Hawke's Anxiety to the emotional mix of a teen girl's inner thoughts and Pixar pulls off a rare feat ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anxiety becomes a huge presence in her summer of emotional riddles, just as it dominates the screenplay by Meg LeFauve (who co-wrote the first “Inside Out”) and Dave Holstein. Anxiety’s on ...