Stunning Story and Animation

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2011)

It is a rare treat when an totally fictional creation has the ability to draw the kinds of emotions from one that these characters do. The whole chest of toys is here, each with its wonderful personality, its anxieties, its over-the-top confidence. The creators did not rush into a made for video throw away, but rather looked at the Toy Story mythos and put the characters into a world where they belonged, with the frailties created by the passage of time and different circumstances based on the human component. It is tightly plotted, tugging at our sentiments all the way. It is also uproariously funny. I would stack it against virtually any comedy being made today--a nice departure from the scatological, anything-for-a-laugh stuff that portends to be funny. Don't get me wrong. It's not a perfect film and I'm not dissing all work being done these days, but if this doesn't tug at the heartstrings, I don't know what will.