Sweet, funny and poignant

Rating: Null/10 (23 December 1999)

Toy Story 2 gives the main character, Woody, a decision to make, which alone sets it apart from most other films which would just place him in some sort of danger.
It also has one of the most heartbreaking scenes, I've seen in a film in a long time(minor spoiler coming).
Perhaps, it was so heartbreaking because all the toys in Toy Story 2 have the personalities of our favorite pets. They are innocent, naive, trusting and unconditionally loving to those that they belong to. They are always there when you need them, they always think the best about you and they are unwaveringly loyal.
It might have been that realization that sent much of the audience, including me, into tears during the musical flashback ( to Sarah McLaughlin's "When She Loved Me") of Jessie's (Woody's long lost red yarn hair doll companion) abandonment by her owner who got too old for her.
Even when Jessie was left under the bed and forgotten as her owner discovered nail polish and boys to when she was finally taken from under the bed and given a final car ride to be dropped off at Good Will, she never lost faith in her. Right to the time she was left in a good will box, she believed her owner would be with her again. That trust and unconditional love of Jessie made the final moment so devastating that I fight back tears just recalling it. It was an incredibly powerful moment that I am still in awe of...
I'm also in awe of how the makers of Toy Story 2 could have weaved in this sequence in a way that doesn't collapse the good nature of the film but they did.
The movie also takes aim at collectors...
At least the type of collectors that care about nothing but the money, who are obsessed with things being MIB (mint in box) and totally overlook the emotional value in the toys they are after.
Then, of course, there's the wonderful music, humor and animation in this movie. There are some terrific in jokes and great laughs period.
This movie is a home run in all respects, go see it soon