But the film’s most challenging, bizarre, and lovable material involves a beady-eyed Frankenstein’s monster named Forky (Tony Hale) who becomes the newest addition to Bonnie’s flock after she builds him in kindergarten class. Toy Story 4 wisely feels like less of a new chapter and more like an epilogue, an addendum for Woody that muses on the peculiarities of the symbiotic relationship between toys and humans these movies have long explored. After all, the first three films told a fairly complete story about the life cycle of a toy, following the felt cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) as he lived a whole childhood with his owner, Andy, and then moved on to a new kid named Bonnie. Toy Story 4, the latest entry in Pixar’s greatest series, on paper seems like a superfluous endeavor. Once you’ve completed at least one trilogy’s worth of stories, your next movie should try to dig into the notion of sentience. It’s a direction I wish more long-running brands would take in their later sequels. For a third sequel, you gotta give respect to Pixar & Co.It was only a matter of time before the Toy Story franchise started asking questions about the very nature of consciousness. Yet is there fun to be had? Most definitely. Is it a thing everyone wanted? Most probably not. The animation is stunning, especially in the early scene with RC. The film focuses on giving the viewer(s) extremely heartfelt moments and for the vast majority it hits as intended, though they do try to tug on the heart too much in parts. Christina Hendricks is a good Gabby, while Keanu Reeves amuses as Duke Caboom. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are, entirely unsurprisingly, funny in the roles of Ducky & Bunny. There are some more new characters and yet again, like in the past films, they strike the right chords. It is, though, cool to see an old face return in Bo Peep (Annie Potts). Tim Allen is solid as Buzz Lightyear, but I kinda feel they don't use him - or the other originals - enough considering who they are. Tom Hanks, I'm sounding like a broken record but., is still tremendous as Woody, I love hearing his voice in this role. Not entirely necessary, but 'Toy Story 4' still produces goods worthy of being attached to the initial trilogy. Reviewed by r96sk 8 / 10 Reviewed on June 29, 2020, Mon at 07:17 PM
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