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Inside Out 2 vs. Big Mouth: Who wore anxiety better?
The wholesome Pixar family film Inside Out 2 and the raunchy Netflix comedy Big Mouth take fundamentally different approaches to looking inside the minds of middle-schoolers, but their anxiety plotlines are remarkably similar in the broad details, and both on the same wavelength when it comes to dealing with the problem. Big Mouth pairs mature discussions about mental health with huge servings of dick jokes, while Inside Out 2 takes an entirely sexless view of the changes hormones bring. But both animated projects eventually get to the same message about how anxiety is a powerful, tumultuous force that can never be banished, but can be managed with a little help from friends.
