[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

it's a metaphor and actually very well done from a psychology standpoint. Also... Joy and Sadness are not supposed to be likable characters, that's really the whole point, NONE of the individual "emotion characters" are supposed to be likable or relatable... because the whole message of the film is to point out that it takes all of these things working together to make a "whole person".

In terms of story concept, the writing Inside Out is easily the best Pixar has

But the message of the Film you can figure out by the time you're 10 years old I think that I was expecting something on the maturity level of the old guy from Up with the way that people went on about the Film.

And imo if your characters aren't likeable or interesting to me then the story has got massive issues, even if it's the intention of the writer for it to be the case.

I know that I'm being uber harsh on a Kids Movie though so I probably should lower my standards a bit.