Tom Hank’s Woody is still here, very briefly. How he has come back is not explained. There are hundreds of Buzz Lightyears, but they do little. The other characters are there, in a box, and contribute nothing. This is Jessie’s story, and the horse.
Right from the start we are back in the sentimental world of TS2. The plot is, well, not sure to be honest. There’s a little girl who plays with toys. Her parents buy her a tablet, a device, and she discards her toys. Then we find out technology is not good and kids spend too much time on it.
Written and directed by Andrew Stanton, who did John Carter and people said he would never direct again, well, he has. There’s no John Lasseter here. Randy Newman’s score is tuneless.
There’s also no humour. It’s a dull old thing with more chase scenes than ever. There’s nothing new here. It looks tired and it seems they were just going through the motions.
It’s hard to say who it is aimed at. Not me perhaps. The kiddies in my audience were bored too after a while. Any parents going to see this must already know that tech can be a source for bad as well as good. No-one is going to be persuaded by this at all. If you are going to see the film at the cinema, you’re not spending your whole life staring at a computer screen.
The plot is repetitive. Just when you think it is done, bang, off we go on another chase.
It’s a funny old message from a company based in technology. Surely we should be watching a hand-drawn animated film, not a computer created thing?
It’ll do well for money, and people may enjoy it. Toy Story 6 and 7, which are on the way we gather, may not.