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Toy Story

Toy Story (1995)

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Average Rating: 9/10
Reviews Counted: 76
Fresh: 76 | Rotten: 0

As entertaining as it is innovative, Toy Story kicked off Pixar's unprecedented run of quality pictures, reinvigorating animated film in the process.

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Average Rating: 8.5/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 0

As entertaining as it is innovative, Toy Story kicked off Pixar's unprecedented run of quality pictures, reinvigorating animated film in the process.

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Toy Story was the first feature-length film animated entirely by computer. If this seems to be a sterile, mechanical means of moviemaking, be assured that the film is as chock-full of heart and warmth as any Disney cartoon feature. The star of the proceedings is Woody, a pull-string cowboy toy belonging to a wide-eyed youngster named Andy. Whenever Andy's out of the room, Woody revels in his status as the boy's number one toy. His supremacy is challenged by a high-tech, space-ranger action

Mar 20, 2001

Buena Vista

All Critics (76) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (86) | Rotten (0) | DVD (44)

The year's most inventive comedy.

August 31, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
TIME Magazine
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A winning animated feature that has something for everyone on the age spectrum.

August 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Newsweek | Comment
Newsweek
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The film sports a provocative and appealing story that's every bit the equal of this technical achievement.

June 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment (1)
Variety
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An entertaining computer-generated, hyperrealist animation feature (1995) that's also in effect a toy catalog.

March 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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As Lion King did before it, Toy Story revived the art of American children's animation, and ushered in a set of smart movies that entertained children and their parents. It's a landmark movie, and doesn't get old with frequent repetition.

May 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment (1)
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Children will enjoy a new take on the irresistible idea of toys coming to life. Adults will marvel at a witty script and utterly brilliant anthropomorphism.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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To an entire generation of filmgoers, it just might represent the most significant leap in storytelling that they will ever see...

June 20, 2011 Full Review Source: What Culture | Comment

Pixar classic is one of the best kids' movies of all time.

December 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment (1)
Common Sense Media

Apesar de representar um imenso avanço tecnológico, a força do filme reside no carisma de seus personagens e no charme de sua história.

June 17, 2010 Comments (2)
Cinema em Cena

When Woody perks up in the opening scene, it's not only the toy cowboy who comes alive - we're watching the rebirth of an art form.

June 10, 2010 Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm | Comments (2)
LarsenOnFilm

Introduced not one but two indelible characters to the pop culture pantheon: cowboy rag-doll Woody (Tom Hanks) and plastic space ranger Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen). [Blu-ray]

April 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | Comments (2)

it is easy to see how virtually everything that is good in animation right now has some small seed in Toy Story

March 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | Comments (2)
Q Network Film Desk

Though some of the animation seems dated compared to later Pixar efforts and not nearly as detailed, what's here is done impeccably well.

March 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comments (2)
Movie Metropolis

Perhaps the film is meant as a pre-emptive sop to any resistance to a new medium.

March 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comments (2)
Film Freak Central

Time has been kind to it, and future years I imagine will still be kind; a classic is forever.

October 6, 2009 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comments (2)
Antagony & Ecstasy

I think I speak for all adults and kids when I say I can't wait for playtime

October 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment (1)
Boxoffice Magazine

So ingenious in concept, design and execution that you could watch it on a postage stamp-sized screen and still be engulfed by its charm.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comments (4)

Turns out the real magic is nothing to do with technology: it's in the words, the voices, the story. But then, a child could have told you that.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comments (2)

Its lightness of touch has not diminished, nor has its near-miraculous kidult-fusion humour.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comments (3)
Guardian [UK]

The 3-D viewing doesn't make much difference...but it is a joy to see these superb films back on the big screen, even after dozens of DVD viewings.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Times [UK] | Comment
Times [UK]

It doesn't enhance the experience, because the film's timeless appeal is down to great characters and wonderful storytelling; a classic that doesn't need goggles or gimmicks.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Times [UK] | Comments (3)
Times [UK]

As such Toy Story in 3D is never overwhelming. Nor is it tedious, as many recent 3D vehicles have come too close for comfort to.

October 4, 2009 Comments (2)
Little White Lies

The fresh look serves the story and is never allowed to overwhelm it, leaving a beautifully judged yarn to unwind and enchant a new intake of young cinemagoers.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Sky Movies | Comments (2)
Sky Movies

There's no denying 3D adds extra texture to Pixar's seminal 1995 buddy movie, emphasising Buzz and Woody's toy's-eye- view of the world.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Total Film | Comment (1)
Total Film

If anything, it feels even fresher, funnier and more thrilling in today's landscape of over-studied demographically correct moviemaking.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | Comment (1)
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Audience Reviews for Toy Story

Seventeen years later it's still the best animated movie of all time for a reason.

October 16, 2011
Joe McCall

Super Reviewer

Tim Allen and Tom Hanks have some of the best "off screen" chemistry that I have ever seen. "Toy Story" was the first 'animated' film to ever be released, and as far as I am concerned, it is, and always will be the best! This kids classic tells a beloved story of how toys come to life and have enough emotions to feel

January 13, 2010
KJ Proulx

Super Reviewer

    1. Woody: Pull my string, the birthday party's today?
    – Submitted by Jed G (10 days ago)
    1. Woody: You are a child's play thing!
    2. Buzz Lightyear: You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity.
    – Submitted by Adam K (13 days ago)
    1. Woody: That wasn't flying, that was...falling with style.
    – Submitted by Fisch K (18 days ago)
    1. Buzz Lightyear: To infinity and beyond!
    – Submitted by Jean-Philippe G (29 days ago)
    1. Woody: That wasn't flying, that was falling with style!
    – Submitted by Brianna K (33 days ago)

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