a Pixar classic and one of the best family movies of all time

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2008)

Tom Hanks and Tim Allen put their talents at voice acting to work and they do it with thorough and complete perfection in "Toy Story" a Pixar animated classic film that even now, over ten years since its theatrical debut, continues to be loved by audiences of all ages. It retells the child's dream of their inanimate toys suddenly coming to life whenever a human is not around. All of the toys have personalities and they are even organized as their own society.
Tom Hanks plays the voice of Woody, a cowboy doll with a pull string and Tim Allen provides the voice of Buzz Lightyear, a new action figure toy that has crushed all other toys at the market--but the thing is, Buzz believes he is really THE character he represents and not an Asian-made product. Among them there are other toys such as Slinky Dog, voiced by Jim Varney, Rex the dinosaur (Wallace Shawn) and Mr. Potato Head (Don Rickles). All of the voices are done well and creates the illusion of real talking characters instead of actors providing voices and then having animators synchronize their 3D models with the prerecorded sounds.
Now that I am older, I appreciate and cherish "Toy Story" and its successful sequel "Toy Story 2" (1999) even more than I did when I first saw them as a kid. I now appreciate the character elements, can understand the point of the jokes better, and respect the talents and efforts of the filmmakers who made this movie possible. I recommend both "Toy Story" and its sequel as two of Pixar's best films and some of the best family movies of all time. Children will adore and love it, adults will laugh. Bottom line, it's a great movie.