PETE DOCTER FINALLY FELT RELIEF.
For 2015’s Inside Out, the director had extrapolated personal experiences of parenthood and relocation into a moving, mind-melting adventure. Eventually arriving six years after being greenlit, it was instantly hailed a Pixar classic —the studio’s most emotionally intelligent work, in which intelligent emotions run amok in the head of youngster Riley. It delivered a whopping $858 million worldwide, won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay to boot.