Pixar filmmakers really gave a dam about making ‘Hoppers’ authentic

Here’s how audiences, in general, tend to react while watching a Pixar movie.

They smile.

They laugh.

They get a wee bit misty-eyed.

And  near the finale when Andy ventures off to college and leaves his beloved toys forlornly behind or a particular emotion overwhelms anxiety-riddled Riley, the torrent of unstoppable tears follow.

It’s a winning pattern that’s served the studio’s most memorable classics well, from “Toy Story” to “Inside Out 2.”

Now comes...