Imaginative Breakthrough.

Rating: 9/10 (3 February 2016)

Toy Story (1995): Dir: John Lasseter / Voices: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney: Breakthrough first fully computer animated film and what a wondrous triumphant visual thrill it is. It is a film for families that will appeal on different grounds depending on age. It regards a cowboy named Woody and the jealousy that erupts when Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear enters the room on their owner's birthday. Buzz is interesting because he doesn't realize that he is a toy. When Woody causes Buzz to fall out a window an adventure begins that eventually lands them both in nasty Sid's bedroom from next door where a dire fate awaits toys. Grand idea with imaginative filmmaking by director John Lasseter. Where the film goes wrong is its placing supporting characters as types with little purpose. The two leads carry the film with Tom Hanks voicing Woody who goes from important to jealousy to hero in an exciting climax. Tim Allen as Buzz brings much humour in his inability to accept what he is. There is a host of other toys that seem more like fillers. Don Rickles voices Mr. Potato Head and Wallace Shawn voices T-Rex. Jim Varney of Ernest P. Worrell fame voices the loyal Slinky Dog. It contains a theme of love and friendship and for adults it addresses the future of films. Grand achievement, or as the toys put it, "To infinity and beyond!" Score: 9 / 10