“Inside Out 2” is a great movie for kids going through puberty and experiencing anxiety. It shows how things can get more complicated as we grow older. Even though it’s animated, the movie effectively illustrates how people’s emotions change over time.

The story focuses on Riley, a girl who goes to hockey camp. While she’s there, her emotions start to shift because she’s torn between wanting to stay connected to her old friends and making new ones with her teammates. This internal struggle leads to the arrival of four new emotions: Envy, Ennui, Embarrassment, and Anxiety. These newcomers take over, pushing aside Riley’s core emotions from childhood: Joy, Sadness, Fear, and Anger.

Many kids can relate to this because, as they enter their teenage years, their minds and bodies change, and they often don’t know how to handle their emotions. They might try to hide them, confused about what’s happening. Later in the movie, we see how Anxiety takes control of Riley, causing her to act unlike herself. But her old emotions eventually make their way back to Headquarters and demonstrate that Riley doesn’t have to abandon her old self to make friends with the Firehawks. She can still be friends with the girls she came to camp with.

Once the original emotions return, they show Anxiety that Riley can be true to herself, and that old and new emotions can work together to help her grow. With her emotions back in balance, Riley is able to maintain her friendships with the Firehawks, apologize to her old friends, and reconnect with them. She also becomes a better hockey player because she’s no longer pretending to be someone she’s not.

This movie reflects what many kids experience today: their emotions are all over the place, sometimes causing them to act out of character because they don’t know how to manage what they’re feeling. Overall, I give this movie a 10/10 because I can really relate to it.