Toy Story 5 Review: Pixar Delivers a Soulful, Tech-Savvy Return to Form
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Damon Wise
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Summary
A review of Toy Story 5 praising Pixar's return to form with a tech-savvy, soulful comedy that balances satire with melancholy. The film explores themes of abandonment and middle age through characters like Jessie the cowgirl, while delivering beautiful animation and tight scripting. The review predicts it will be the biggest family movie of the year.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThe spirit of Samuel Beckett is alive and well in what will surely — and most deservedly — be the biggest family movie of the year.
Beautifully rendered and tightly scripted, Toy Story 5 a very modern comedy that hits almost all its satirical targets.
I can't do this — I can't love another kid just to find out I never mattered.
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