Toy Story 4 is a computer animated family comedy a continuation of the
Toy Story franchise. The film opens on a flashback where Bo Peep(Annie Potts) was given away, flashfoward to the present and Woody(Tom Hanks) is relegated to the closet, not a particular favorite of Bonnie his new kid. Bonnie begins kindergarten and brings home a toy she made, a freshly sentient Forky who Woody looks after and acclimates to life as a toy. The family goes on a roadtrip and Forky and Woody are separated from the family, enter a free and feral Bo Peep as well as Gabby Gabby(Christina Hendricks) a menacing yet tragic doll and let the adventures begin!
The core cast is as solid as they've ever been with some great additions of supporting characters like Hendricks, Keanu Reeves as Duke Kaboom, Key and Peele as Bunny and Ducky, and a parade of fun cameos. There are some really interesting ideas hinted at in the script- the "birth" of a toy, toy autonomy- but the bigger themes are only hinted at and as a result there is a lot of fun but not a lot of depth in this agreeable rehash.
Fun, funny, and comfortably familiar
Toy Story 4 is nice and entertaining but not enough of a compelling reason to resurrect the franchise after the beautiful finality of
Toy Story 3.
Stream It.
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