A bit too grown-up for the kids

Rating: 7/10 (26 July 2010)

When making sequels one always has to make the conscious choice to keep the story going on in the same time line as the film or not. In this case the decision was made to have the film and its characters age at the same speed as the real world - and that makes for some effects. Andy is now ready to go to University and has left his toys untouched for many years. Now that he's about to leave his parental home the question arises what to do with the toys. Will it be the safety of the attic, or the trash-can or some other fate? To me this film was tilted just a bit towards the audience of the first film and no longer really towards the kids in the audience. My own kid loved the film anyway - even though he had some questions about some of the things that happened and I found the film a little too gloomy. Life isn't perfect, but that doesn't have to be displayed so openly in a children's film IMO.
When it comes to animation this one does what it is supposed to do. It's great to watch all the characters and their surroundings move along and the color scheme is very pleasurable. The story runs OK, but as said before it's a bit too gloomy to my taste.
7 out of 10 snakes in boots