It's no surprise there are a lot of women watching this movie. It is still normal for moms to stay home with kids over the summer. Lots of kids (and their moms) going to watch movies during the week. In the middle of the day

At no point is the online ticket checkout asking foe the genders of people going to the movie. Must be an extrapolated of polls

They do ask for emails

Which sometimes might include gender specific names

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Illumination makes fun movies for kids, Pixar now makes movies aimed at middle aged females that sometimes also appeal to kids.

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Strange that I and many other men seemed to enjoy the movie then.

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Absolutely doesn't mean you can't enjoy them - just that the primary audience for these movies is female and the audience numbers bear that out. A lot of guys enjoyed the Barbie movie, but they weren't the primary intended audience for that movie either.

The Illumination movies are more gender neutral

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The primary audience for these movies are families.

The Barbie movie was a great watch for a guy as well. Look how much fun Ken had being in a patriarchal society for the first time. I thought that was a great way to show the difference on how men and women experience the world differently.

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I went on dad's day and the theatre was packed. It's a great family movie.

Meh...I thought is was fine. I'll disagree with many on here though that I don't think it comes close to the first one.

My kids all thought the same. They all liked it, but all agreed that it wasn't as good as the first.

The whole gender debate is weird. I'm a man. I took my kids to see this with me on fathers day. We had a good time. I like hanging out with my kids, and we had a good time in the theater. We didn't dislike the movie. We just didn't think it was as good as the first Inside Out which is ok since we all consider that movie outstanding.

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Absolutely doesn't mean you can't enjoy them - just that the primary audience for these movies is female and the audience numbers bear that out. A lot of guys enjoyed the Barbie movie, but they weren't the primary intended audience for that movie either.

The Illumination movies are more gender neutral

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The primary audience for these movies are families.

The Barbie movie was a great watch for a guy as well. Look how much fun Ken had being in a patriarchal society for the first time. I thought that was a great way to show the difference on how men and women experience the world differently.

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I went on dad's day and the theatre was packed. It's a great family movie.

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agreed. we went as a family on opening day. everyone enjoyed it, including me, the dad.

Man, I was so excited for this movie. Inside Out is my favorite animated film ever and one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time. It just hits me in a deep way.

I went into this one with no spoilers, no info, no prep. My first reaction to it was that it was really good, I did like it a lot, but it fell short of the first one. The story seemed a bit repetitive of the first movie.

That said, I just saw it last night and immediately came to this thread this morning, and reading the other posts has already given me a deeper appreciation for what I just watched. I sometimes need to process things for a bit. I think I need to see this a second time to truly evaluate it.

My daughter is almost 12 and is full of anxiety so I was excited that she was with us to watch this. She didn't say much about it but I look forward to watching it with her again and hopefully using it to help her in certain ways. The first movie helped our whole family. It legitimately changed how I see myself and my thoughts and my feelings.

I loved how creative this one was, just like the first one. Using the belief system as the main thread of the movie was so cool. All the creative brain things continue to impress me (back of the mind, stream of consciousness, sar-chasm, etc). The tone and the animation and the music were all great. It made me feel some of the same things as the first one. The last 20 minutes or whatever did get to me, not as much as the first, but it definitely did.

As I talk about it, it's already growing on me. My initial reaction was probably B+? I have a feeling I'll move it up to an A when I watch it again. God bless the people that made these two movies and made them so well.

It's like listening to the Tortured Poets Department for the first time.

It's gets better and better the more you listen to it

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A $30 million domestic Wednesday for Inside Out 2. Thank goodness all those gals can stay at home and take Peggy Sue Aighden and Bobbi Mae Breighden to the movies during the day while their husbands are at work!

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The joke was that the previous post had a very "50s mentality" of moms all staying home with the kids

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A $30 million domestic Wednesday for Inside Out 2. Thank goodness all those gals can stay at home and take Peggy Sue and Bobbi Mae to the movies during the day while their husbands are at work!

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well….technically it was a holiday….so………..

I went to the post office and no one could figure out why it was closed lol

It fawn me on the way home

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A $30 million domestic Wednesday for Inside Out 2. Thank goodness all those gals can stay at home and take Peggy Sue Aighden and Bobbi Mae Breighden to the movies during the day while their husbands are at work!

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The joke was that the previous post had a very "50s mentality" of moms all staying home with the kids

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Doh, your names were very fitting then.

My 15-year old daughter saw it last night and said she bawled uncontrollably toward the end because she fully identified with the main character and all the teen angst. I think they really nailed that for what kids these days are feeling.

The biggest moment of feels for me was when Joy says, "Is there not as much joy when you grow up?"

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The biggest moment of feels for me was when Joy says, "Is there not as much joy when you grow up?"

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That one was tough but the one that got me the most was the first time we here, "I'm not good enough."

As a parent that's the last thing you'd ever want to hear from your child….

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The biggest moment of feels for me was when Joy says, "Is there not as much joy when you grow up?"

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Plenty of joy left when we grow up. Reality sets in sure, but we have to remember to hunt the good stuff

Took the family this afternoon and all three kids and all the adults loved it. Very good movie in that I think everyone who sees it will be both entertained and benefit from the introspection and conversations it'll spur.

Loved it...my 14 year old is dealing with a lot of this and we are both awkward in talking about feelings so this helps so much. Also i absolutely loved how anxiety took over imaginationland at night. This still is my biggest issue going to sleep every night and I'm 41.

Try data dumping all your thoughts on a nightstand journal. Write down everything on your mind and whatever you are worried about over the next few days, appointments, work, projects, etc

You'll sleep better knowing that you can wake up in the morning have everything written down that you need to complete

Wife and I were considering try asking our kids soon. Son 10 and daughter 8…not sure if the emotions and puberty angle is something I really want to introduce.

Reading the thread it sounds like lots of positive reviews from parents and older kids/daughters but wasn't sure on mine.

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Was Toy Story a movie for boys and middle aged men?

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4 was very much both. I took my toddler son to that we thoroughly enjoyed it. It was better the second time when I saw the whole plot without having to run him for potty breaks.

Bingo. Thats exactly what I was hoping but wasn't sure if it was bigger like turning red

That was such a kind considerate thought. I will try it. My weird coping mechanism is to put on a show I've seen 100x that I don't have to watch but it drowns out my thoughts. This sounds healthier.

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That was such a kind considerate thought. I will try it. My weird coping mechanism is to put on a show I've seen 100x that I don't have to watch but it drowns out my thoughts. This sounds healthier.

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I think you might be related to my wife.

That hurt my heart. Diesel son 1 will be 13 in 3 months. We walked into the movie and I was already crying. I'm not a cryer. Great movie that just nailed the age problems

I just read they only offered Kaling and Hader 100K a piece. That seems insanely cheap. Can't be real...

I don't know, $100k for about one day of work sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

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I don't know, $100k for about one day of work sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

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Same article says they paid Poehler $5 million and she got creative consultancy on the role, so yeah $100 k would be a lowball, especially as Kaling and Hader have been very successful across multiple platforms in the past decade.


Side note, my kids saw Poehler "in real life" for the first time as the "cool mom" on 2004's Mean Girls this past weekend. They were appropriately horrified.