WOW!

Rating: 10/10 (9 December 1999)

Ok, ok. I know this is a cartoon and the target audience is mainly children but WOW! I can honestly say that this was one of the most entertaining movies I've seen all year. I was completely engaged from beginning to end and my mind never wandered once. And just in case you're wondering, when I went to see the evening showing of this movie, the audience was comprised completely of adults. There was not a single child in the theatre.
For those of you who never saw the first movie (and I'm not ashamed to say that I say that one too), this movie brings back all the original characters and introduces some new ones. Walt Disney also did a very smart thing by bringing back all the original voices. In some of their other movie sequels (Pocahontas 2) they change the voices of the original characters which ended up taking away from the movie. The story line revolves around the rescue of Woody. By a strange sequence of events, Woody accidentally ends up in a garage sale and a slimy toy dealer steals him for a private collection that he tries to sell to a Japanese art dealer. Buzz and the rest of the gang witness this theft and organize a rescue mission that takes them from the safe confines of Andy's (the boy who owns all these toys) home to the big city. Along the way they meet some other interesting toys and encounter all kinds of unusual problems that they find some very creative solutions to. The ending is slightly predictable but in this case, who cares! It was a very fun movie to watch.
The voice acting was absolutely excellent. All the actors were able to bring out the characters of each of the toys and create feeling and humor. And the humor!!! It was outrageously funny. The humor was obviously clean but I have never laughed so much. The computer graphics was excellent and they did somethings that made me wonder "how did they do that?"
Overall, there is not a single negative thing that I can say about this movie. It never slowed down nor were there any inconsistent plot flows or poor acting performances. Everything about it was entertaining from beginning to end. For those of you who are parents, you HAVE to take your kids to see this movie. For you adults, you HAVE to see this movie (guys, this is a great date movie). Am I making myself clear yet? GO SEE THIS MOVIE! It will definitely be worth your time and money.
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