Funny, Entertaining and sometimes deep.

Rating: Null/10 (15 February 2000)

I saw this film with a friends kid brother. I probably got more love from it than he did. I feel I can generalize here. The theater must have had a ratio of 4:1 kids to adults. But I'm certain the adults got a lot more out of it than the kids did. The humor is totally camp. The visuals and the effects should keep the little one's entertained but the in jokes are enough to keep grown ups smiling long after they've left the cinema. I can't compare it to the first one because sad to say I haven't seen it yet. This will be rectified soon enough. Woody (Tom Hanks) & buzz (Tim Allen) are great but I think the most fun comes from the rest of the toys. Especially Rex (Wallace Shawn), Hamm (John Ratzenberger) and Slinkey Dog (Jim Varney-now deceased). Kelsey Grammer is hilarious as stinky Pete the prospector and the other buzz light year is arguably funnier than the real Buzz. The story is kept nice and simple. Woody gets kidnapped. Apparently he's worth a few bob due to his status as a collectors item.so it's up to the gang to mount a rescue operation. The main question the film poses is not as simple. Is it better to give pleasure to one child and eventually discarded or immortalized forever in a museum not actually bringing joy to anyone? Deep I know. That little philosophical debate aside, it's a top film that reminds us just what it means to be entertained.