Opens en medias res with an action set piece (train scene in mock Monument Valley) a la Spielberg or the James Bond formula- this actually resembles The Last Crusade’s River Phoenix opening a bit
Randy Newman’s beloved “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from the 1995 original brought back
These are talented voice actors—not just Tim Allen and Tom Hanks but the entire sprawling ensemble—Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Michael Keaton, Ned Beatty and more
The Sunnyside daycare really turns into a prison genre film
Pop culture and film references, we get Woody hanging from a string close to the ground like Cruise in De Palma’s Mission Impossible and the warden’s “spends a night in the box” speech from Cool Hand Luke
I forgot how many action sequences there are—much of the running time is space and time deadline work
A clever film- smart
A film driven by writing and characters—and these are great characters
I love this movie. What would your Toy Story ranking be?
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