 Inside Out received widespread critical acclaim . The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 98 % , based on 317 reviews , with a rating average of 8 @.@ 9 / 10 . The site 's critical consensus reads , " Inventive , gorgeously animated , and powerfully moving , Inside Out is another outstanding addition to the Pixar library of modern animated classics . " The film also topped the site 's Top 100 Animation Movies list and occupies the highest position of a film released in the 21st century on the Top 100 Movies of All Time list at number 8 . On Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating , the film has a score of 94 out of 100 , based on 48 critics , indicating " universal acclaim " . In CinemaScore polls , cinema audiences gave Inside Out an average score of " A " on an A + to F scale . 
