The best one yet

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 2018)

The first two Toy Story movies were pretty good (even if I thought them boring as a kid - but that's because I had a very low bar for boredom at the time). But the 3rd one is even better! It's also darker and more dystopian, but that's part of what I like.
The movie is set a number of years after the first two. Andy is a teenager, about to go to college. He hasn't played with his toys in years - and they're depressed. Andy packs away all his toys to be put in the attic (apart from Woody, whom he intends to take to college). However, the bag he puts them in just happens to be a trash bag - which he puts down for a few minutes to help his sister. Their mother comes along, assumes it's trash, and puts it on the curb - just as the rubbish truck is approaching!
Well, the toys get out (just!), but are convinced that Andy deliberately threw them out. They stow away in the Mum's car with the toys she's donating to Sunnyside Daycare. Woody tries to talk them out of it - unsuccessfully. And since he doesn't get out of the boot in time, he winds up going to Sunnyside as well.
(When they arrive there, there's a crude political joke in which Rex says it must be nice because there's a rainbow on the door. Thankfully, this is too subtle for most kids.)
Well, everything seems nice and rosy, and it's run (well, when the humans aren't around) by Lots-O-Huggin' Bear (Lotso), who seems quite nice. Most of them stay, although Woody tries to leave (and winds up getting picked up by a little girl named Bonnie). The other toys quickly discover that life in Sunnyside isn't what it initially seems.
The movie is brilliantly plotted, with great animation and the usual great cast. Again, it's darker than the others, and dystopian. But if you're not too bothered by that (my mother doesn't like darker films - but she likes this one), you'll thoroughly enjoy it. It's the best movie in the trilogy (or quadrilogy, as it's soon to be).