Kelsey Mann’s “Inside Out 2” should remind us of something we’ve all learned over the last few decades: The best Pixar sequels are the ones that grow up with the kids who watched the originals. (And the worst ones are about tow trucks who become super spies.)
The “Toy Story” sequels took a tale about accepting new friends and family and spun that out into films about processing abandonment, accepting death and acknowledging when it’s time to move on with your life. “Monsters University” took an original story about how to cope with unexpected parenthood and childhood fears, and modified it into a prequel about how to accept personal failure in a healthy way.
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