not a masterpiece but still enjoyable

Rating: 6/10 (22 September 2017)

The toys are back for another adventure, but the context this time is that Andy is about to go off to college and has to decide what to do with his playthings. When they accidentally get sent to a children's daycare, they find both a new obstacle and a dark story behind some of the toys.
I wouldn't call "Toy Story 3" a masterpiece, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. I understand that there's a fourth movie planned. If so, then it will be missing two of the original cast members: Jim Varney died not long after "Toy Story 2" and his role got recast in this movie, while Don Rickles just died a few months ago.
And as I always do when discussing one of these movies, I have to discuss the cast. We all know who Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Estelle Harris, Michael Keaton, Bonnie Hunt and Whoopi Goldberg are. Wallace Shawn is best known for "My Dinner with Andre"* but also played Vizzini in "The Princess Bride". John Ratzenberger is apparently best known for a role on "Cheers" but I only know him from this franchise. Jodi Benson voiced Ariel in "The Little Mermaid". Timothy Dalton played James Bond in the late '80s, and his Bond is known as the worst (although personally I think that Sean Connery was the ONLY good one). Kristen Schaal and Jeff Garlin are standup comics. Laurie Metcalf plays Sheldon's mom on "The Big Bang Theory" and recently won a Tony for a Broadway performance. R. Lee Ermey is best known as the brutal drill sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket".
Anyway, you'll probably like the movie.
*My parents met him and Andre Gregory around the time that it got released. The four of them had dinner in a small restaurant and had a philosophical conversation about the movie.