Toy Story
3 Oscar Nominations·AFI #99·National Film Registry
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Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.
What critics thought
Toy Story landed as an unqualified triumph in 1995, with critics converging on the film's animation as something genuinely new — not merely technically impressive but cinematically inventive in how it moved and framed its world. Beyond the visuals, reviewers singled out the voice performances and the film's rare ability to deliver different pleasures to children and adults without compromising either.
“the camera loops and zooms in a dizzying fashion that fairly takes one's breath away”
Leonard Klady·Variety
“both movies take apart the universe of cinematic visuals and put it back together again, allowing us to see in a new way”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Starting with Tom Hanks, who brings an invaluable heft and believability to Woody, Toy Story is one of the best voiced animated features in memory, with all the actors ... making their presences strongly felt”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
“It has the purity, the ecstatic freedom of imagination, that's the hallmark of the greatest children's films. It also has the kind of spring-loaded allusive prankishness that, at times, will tickle adults even more than it does kids”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast & Crew
DirectorJohn Lasseter
StarringTom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn
ComposerRandy Newman
Toy Story
3 Oscar Nominations·AFI #99·National Film Registry
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.
What critics thought
Toy Story landed as an unqualified triumph in 1995, with critics converging on the film's animation as something genuinely new — not merely technically impressive but cinematically inventive in how it moved and framed its world. Beyond the visuals, reviewers singled out the voice performances and the film's rare ability to deliver different pleasures to children and adults without compromising either.
“the camera loops and zooms in a dizzying fashion that fairly takes one's breath away”
Leonard Klady·Variety
“both movies take apart the universe of cinematic visuals and put it back together again, allowing us to see in a new way”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Starting with Tom Hanks, who brings an invaluable heft and believability to Woody, Toy Story is one of the best voiced animated features in memory, with all the actors ... making their presences strongly felt”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
“It has the purity, the ecstatic freedom of imagination, that's the hallmark of the greatest children's films. It also has the kind of spring-loaded allusive prankishness that, at times, will tickle adults even more than it does kids”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast & Crew
DirectorJohn Lasseter
StarringTom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn
ComposerRandy Newman
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