Review of Toy Story 4 (2019) by Moviemitch96 — 22 Jun 2019

While I was initially very much against a fourth 'Toy Story' movie being made, as the third capped off everything so perfectly, (along with the fact that I find myself disappointed more often than not with Pixar sequels), I've gotta say that I'm now eating those words, as I found this to be the best sequel out of all of them (nothing's ever gonna top the first for me, but hey, that's childhood for ya!) Everything about this was so satisfying and fun.

The voice acting is great from O.G. characters (Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are always perfect as Woody and Buzz respectively), as well as new additions (Keegan-Michael Keye and Jordan Peele voice a couple of stuffed Carnival prize toys, and Keanu Reeves is a riot as a Canadian stuntman toy.

) The animation is so unbelievably detailed down to every last frame, image, and character, unsurprisingly making the first film from nearly 25 years ago look quite outdated by comparison. Even the story I was impressed by, as I was convinced that Pixar really had nothing else to explore with these characters, but they managed to take them in some unexpected directions, some nostalgic, and some new and surprising, even ones that tug at the emotions quite a bit, especially towards the end (as has come to be expected from the best of Pixar.

) So needless to say, there's something here for all ages to enjoy. Overall, it's a sequel I still feel wasn't completely needed, but in spite of my initial skepticism, it's one I'm very glad we got nonetheless, as it gives us yet another fun time with these toys and characters so many of us have grown up watching for so long now, and they're given yet another satisfying story and ending, one that Pixar would be wise to leave be, for real this time.