One of the most powerful films of all time. Yeah, I said it.

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2017)

I took my (then-8 y/o) son Jake to see Toy Story 3 on opening night, as I had his older brother Eric with the other two files: Eric was 3 when the original Toy Story came out, and 7 when Toy Story 2 arrived. For more than 20 years, it's been a ritual for me to take my child to see a Toy Story film.
But this one .... this one was the best of a trilogy that started out great, and then somehow improved with each film. This was Pixar's masterpiece.
In my showing, the traumatically-intense furnace scene had half the audience crying, and most of the rest with their hands over their mouths in shock. It was one of the most nakedly emotional, powerful film scenes I can recall. My 8 y/o son and I were both flat out bawling, It is absolutely okay to cry at that scene; very few have ever even equaled, let alone surpassed, it in emotional intensity.
But then *spoilers* ... the Claw rescue by the three-eyed aliens. In our theater, some people **jumped up out of their seats** cheering, and almost everyone was either clapping, thrusting their fists in the air in relief, or cry-laughing. Some were doing all of them at once.
I've seen many hundreds of films in theaters over my 50+ years, and only rarely have I seen -- and even felt myself -- a spontaneous audience reaction like this. It was remarkable in the best possible way. Even 7 years later, it remains one of my all-time favorite in-theater experiences.
But the ending, when Andy gives his beloved companions new life by donating them to the imaginative and adventurous Bonnie ... every single adult I saw in the theater had tears in their eyes. One of the most emotionally-satisfying scenes ever.
It's alright to cry at things that emotionally touch you.
It's a good thing. It's why we have emotions.