Toy Story 4 offers nothing new and in a poor way

Rating: 4/10 (24 June 2019)

The quality of PIXAR productions has been down ever since "Wall-E" and the "Toy Story" franchise is already limited in what it can do, so, in hindsight, this movie's lackluster existence shouldn't be unexpected.
"Toy Story" is limited in what it can do, because what all really can toys do other than get lost and try to get back to their owner? Throw on the usual themes of children growing up and things changing and voila, you have a "Toy Story" movie. These ideas are all fine, but this is the fourth film in the series and thus the fourth time they've done this. It's all recycled material which results in the film feeling tedious.
What is different this time is the movie's focus on Woody and Bo Peep's relationship. Every other original and fan-favorite character is tossed to the side to follow a story involving one of the least interesting aspects of the "Toy Story" series. A new group of characters takes their place as the side characters, and they either don't stand out are really annoying.
Now that the formulaic themes and story is in place and the annoying characters are all set to go, "Toy Story 4" just heaps them all together in a forced and poorly written plot.
"Toy Story" handles the theme of replacement better than "Toy Story 4" does. "Toy Story 2" handles the theme of change better than "Toy Story 4" does. "Toy Story 3" is a better and more satisfying climax to the series than "Toy Story 4" is. Just remember those films and you've essentially seen all "Toy Story 4" has to offer, but much better