However, after viewing “The Good Dinosaur,” one might feel that Pixar has been leaning too heavily on visual storytelling and snappy execution to make up for lack of interesting plots. Pixar has never ...

Pixar’s latest entry, “The Good Dinosaur,” is a disappointing effort that has the misfortune of arriving during the same year as “Inside Out.” The latter was one of the animation ...

Inside Out 2 catches up with protagonist Riley at age 13, just as Anxiety enters her emotional life. But despite its many pleasures, the film lacks the emotional wallop of the original.

While The Good Dinosaur was still in development, films like Frozen and Despicable Me 2 were being released, both of which triggered large changes in their audience's expectations.

The Inside Out 2 team, including director Kelsey Mann, producer Mark Nielsen, and writer Meg LeFauve, felt it was a natural fit for Riley to enter adolescence in the sequel.

In "Inside Out 2," Riley is growing up and that means new emotions enter the picture - emotions like anxiety. "This is the easiest movie to talk about and promote," said Amy Poehler, who voices Joy.

Mann joins me today for my Deadline video series Behind the Lens to talk about the making of Inside Out 2, and how he has turned out the biggest success in Pixar history in his first at-bat, while ...