Not needed but still a good show

Rating: 7/10 (15 October 2019)

Well, I'll be honest, I never thought I'd be reviewing a new toy story film. I'm sure a few people are with me with saying that they believed number three was the end... I guess that wasn't the case. I went into this with no real expectations as it baffled me why they made a new one after ending the third one so well, I'm glad I did this though as I love when a film surprises me. Oh, and before I go into points of interest, it should go without saying if you haven't seen the other three, what's wrong? Go and find them, watch them then come back.
Toy Story 4 does an amazing job of letting the new characters take centre stage, we get to see a wide range of new and fascinating toys that each have their own separate personalities. The older toys do return as they should but most only play supporting roles pushing emphasis on the newer characters for the newer generation, this is a good thing! The older generation can enjoy the returning characters but their kids are going to love the new toys. Returning characters are voiced by the same actors/actresses so do not fear, everything is the same.
Very few films can hold the trophy of keeping me grinning ear to ear through at least 75% of their duration. Toy Story 4 excels at doing this. The balance of humorous scenes between adult humour and child humour is outstanding. Not sure how Toy Story does it every time but they really know how to keep adults entertained just as well as children. You will laugh, do not worry, you will laugh and smile.
Can we just talk about how far animation and detailing has come? I mean jeez, it can actually be scary how good this film looks. Shadows, lighting and water effects are insane in Toy Story 4. The bench has now been set, I'm sure this will be broken in years to come but well done to everyone that worked on Toy Story 4. Fantastic job.
The only downside I had with Toy Story 4 and not much of one anyway, I just don't understand why this got made. I did thoroughly enjoy it and am recommending you catch this while it's in cinemas or at least buy the Blu-Ray. However, Toy Story 3 ended immensely well, wrapping everything up perfectly. I just feel like they used this to pull in some serious cash and that's it. The ending is good in this but I don't think anything will beat Toy Story 3. Good thing for us it turned out to be a great watch or that would have been painful to witness.
Here's another point to throw at you, please don't bring a newborn baby into the cinema. Obviously, this is a kids movie and kids are fully expected to be there but a newborn?! they have no clue what's going on?! Even some of the kids were getting cranky over this.
Forgot to mention... you know Keanu Reeves is in this? Cause he damn well is and it's brilliant. Keep an eye out for his character!