For those of you think animated movies are too childish, those of you who simply aren't big movie fans and those of you who think animated movies are utterly annoying, don't rule this movie out! It recently won an Oscar and deserves this award and praise for its amazing script.

Although the movie is animated, it was made carefully for kids, teens and adults to enjoy and relate to. With the intention of not ruining any surprises, here is a quick overview of the movie's plot:

The movie is centered around the idea that every person has a small team of characters at work in their head. Their head is, ironically, "headquarters." Each person's "headquarters" is run by an office of five hardworking emotions named Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust. A person's daily routines, feelings and actions are all run by these five characters.

The movie focuses on the headquarters team of a preteen girl's whose family has just moved away from home. One can image the confusion that would go on in the mind of a young girl who was forced to leave the place she grew up in, and the movie illustrated it perfectly. The girl's confusion about the move and the chaos it brings are illustrated hysterically through the crazy journey her headquarters team goes through in an attempt to get her mind back in order.

The first time I saw the film I only saw it because I had promised the kid I babysat that we would go to the movie theater that day. Ironically, I ended up loving the movie so much more than he did. Not because the movie is not exciting for kids as well, but because I was able to appreciate all of the fun it pokes at stereotypical family dynamics.

One of my favorite parts is at a family dinner when the father's tendency to be daydreaming about sports, the mother's tendency to over think her child's every move and the preteen child's tendency to act up are all brought up. The movie's writers tweaked the characterization of each family member's headquarters team to create a funny illustration of how each person's daily thoughts differ.

The father's team watches a football game while attempting to produce responses that will please the mother, the mother's expresses her disbelief in the father's ability to say the wrong thing and the daughters' runs around frantically trying to not lose control of her emotions.

Detailed thinking like this like this is what makes this movie so great.

Not only was the movie's script amazing, but the actor's chosen to do the voiceovers were as well. The producers chose Amy Poehler to play Joy, Phyllis Smith to play Sadness, Bill Hadar to play Fear, Lewis Black to play Anger and Mindy Kaling to play Disgust. I think that the correct pairing of the actors' personalities to the characters' personas was a large part in what makes the movie such a special one.