Flawed but some very notable peaks as well here to make this one
archiveable like the previous three films
It’s largely a love story (and a good one) between Tom Hanks’
Woody and Annie Potts’ Bo Peep
Randy Newman has a new one here—it’s not up to par with this
past work for the franchise sadly, and the trusty old “You’ve Got a Friend in
Me” is too well-worn at this point—feels like we’re tuning again to our regularly
scheduled sitcom
New characters in this sprawling universe—“Forky” as a character
invention (an important first day of school) is very smart—but the execution
here (writing in particular and the voice work)
Three jaw-dropping visual highlights—the shot of Woody and Bo
Peep under the car in the rain, the shot of the chandeliers in the antique
place, and the shot with the Ferris Wheel in the backdrop at the end- which
feels at least a little like Woody’s “Wonder Wheel” and the set piece work
there
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