I hope that I can elaborate my thoughts here completely and effectively, but I still doubt myself because this film is entirely based on ideas, and though I do love myself some ideas, they and my thoughts, like all beliefs, are hard to discuss. I can agree with so much of this review, but yet...despite all the originality and invention entailed, why did it leave me feeling so empty? "It's worth pointing out here that all these characters and locations, as well as the supporting players that we meet inside Riley's brain, are figurative." I think beginning with that statement I should attempt to discuss my opinions. It is neat how all the characters called emotions interact. Weirdly, the emotions can feel different emotions. Yet I couldn't delete nor distill my suspension of disbelief. The emotions may represent Riley, but in a way they are their own characters. THEY are the main focus of the film, not Riley. They may be part of her, but for some reason I didn't feel like they were of the same mind, with instead the emotional characters playing voodoo with her feelings. The movie tells a simple tale, yet everything about it is symbolic. The cartoon representations of reality make the WHOLE thing feel surrealy unreal. These imaginary "things" are emblems, the whole thing feeling like some knowing gimmick, nowhere being more evident than the finale sequence where all types of peoples' and animals' emotions are shown, proving to be a new kind of blooper reel. Everything is spelled out too easily, making it feel as if the film is winking at us the whole time. We are able to tell EXACTLY what is going on in these people's heads, but that's not