Kristopher Tapley of '' HitFix '' called it " one of the best films of the 21st century " . A. O. Scott of '' The New York Times '' deemed the film " an absolute delight " , reserving particular praise for its " defense of sorrow , an argument for the necessity of melancholy dressed in the bright colors of entertainment " . '' The Washington Post '' s Ann Hornaday considered it " that rare movie that transcends its role as pure entertainment to become something genuinely cathartic , even therapeutic , giving children a symbolic language with which to manage their unruliest emotions " . Richard Roeper of the '' Chicago Sun-Times '' found it " bold , gorgeous , sweet , funny , and sometimes heartbreakingly sad " , deeming it one of the best films of the year . '' Entertainment Weekly '' s Chris Nashawathy extolled it as " transcendent and touching … so smart and psychologically clever " . '' Time '' s Mary Pols felt it a " nearly hallucinogenic , entirely beautiful " work that " defies the conventions of family movies " . Christopher Orr of '' The Atlantic '' urged readers to view the picture , calling it " Pixar once again at the top of its game , telling the kind of thoughtful , moving meta-story it 's hard to imagine being produced anywhere else " . Wai Chee Dimock in the '' Los Angeles Review of Books '' compared the film to the work of neuroscientists Antonio Damasio , Dacher Keltner , and Oliver Sacks . Betsy Bozdech of Common Sense Media gave the movie 5 stars , stating that " ' Inside Out ' is creative , clever , heartfelt , and beautifully animated . " '' Inside Out '' received fifteen Best Picture , twenty-one Best Original Screenplay , and forty Best Animated Feature nominations from over 50 different organizations and associations . It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 88th Academy Awards held in 2016 . It received ten out of fourteen Annie Awards at the 43rd Annie Awards , including Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production for Docter , Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Smith and Best Animated Feature . The American Film Institute selected '' Inside Out '' as one of the Top Ten Films of the Year
88th Academy Awards
88th Academy Awards
Inside Out (2015 film)