How to watch Inside Out 2 online
It's time to face new emotions in Pixar's Inside Out 2, which is now available to watch at home after smashing box-office records.
The original 2015 film was set inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl, Riley, with her five main emotions personified as characters. Nine years on, the sequel takes viewers on another trip through Riley's head – with the likes of Maya Hawke joining the star-studded cast.
Inside Out 2 recently became the highest-grossing animated movie ever, having made more than $1.6bn at the global box office this summer, so its arrival on streaming has been hotly awaited.
Here's everything you need know before watching the sequel.
Can you watch Inside Out 2 at home?
Inside Out 2 is available to buy and rent from Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Sky Store. It will land on DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K from Tuesday, 10 September.
Inside Out 2 is coming to Disney+ later this year, but a release date has yet to be announced. The streaming platform is home to every other Pixar film, including the original Inside Out.
Pixar previously said the sequel would be in cinemas for at least 100 days before it comes to Disney+. Inside Out 2 arrived on the big screen on Friday, 14 June, meaning it won't arrive on the platform until mid-September at the earliest.
What happens in Inside Out 2?
The original Inside Out ended with Riley's emotions – Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear – discovering puberty and asking: "Riley's 12 now... What could possibly happen?"
In the sequel, we find out. Inside Out 2 picks up where its predecessor left off by focusing on Riley's adolescence. She is now 13, and has settled into life in San Francisco after her family's relocation from Minnesota.
As she heads off to summer ice-hockey camp, new emotions like Anxiety and Embarrassment enter the fore – and they're determined to suppress her old emotions.
Read more: Will Inside Out 3 happen?
Star Amy Poehler said the new film "captures the beauty and hilarity of the emotions we experience on a daily basis", while director Kelsey Mann said he wanted to portray "that battle that's going on inside your head" in your awkward teenage years.
Pixar previously tackled the topics of puberty and teen angst in 2022's Turning Red. Eagle-eyed viewers will be able to spot a poster of 4*Town, the fictional boyband from Turning Red, in Riley's bedroom in Inside Out 2.
Is there a trailer for Inside Out 2?
The first full trailer for Inside Out 2 landed in March and gave us a proper look at the new emotions joining Riley's subconscious, Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment.
Watch it below.
Meanwhile, the teaser trailer for Inside Out 2 arrived in November 2023.
Just as Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear thought they had Riley's feelings under control, her teenage years strike and bring with them a dose of orange-haired anxiety.
Hit play on the teaser below to re-enter Riley's head.
What are the reviews like?
Grab the tissues because Inside Out 2 is streaming now – and by the sounds of it, Pixar has hit audiences right in the feels once more.
The Independent's review called the sequel "cynicism-free" saying it's "the stuff Pixar excels at, the fantastical speaking directly to the emotional." The Guardian's write-up praised some of the film's inventive visual imagery, explaining that it has a "great demonstration of what sulky teen sarcasm does to the tectonic plates of your emotional geology".
Variety said Inside Out 2 builds "on the earlier film’s playful brilliance and come about as close as we could have hoped for to matching it," while Digital Spy called it "funny, affecting and inventive".
Read full reviews below:
The Independent: Cynicism-free sequel might just save Pixar (4-min read)
The Guardian: Pixar returns to emotional Mission Control for Riley’s teen years (3-min read)
Variety: New Feelings Propel a Pixar Sequel Enchanting Enough to Second That Emotion (7-min read)
Digital Spy: Inside Out 2 is a funny, affecting and inventive Pixar sequel (4-min read)
Inside Out 2 is available to buy or rent on digital download.
