It was, regrettably, quite forgettable

Rating: 6/10 (28 June 2019)

When I went to see this film, I was expecting something beautiful, funny and memorable, like the previous three films in the Toy Story trilogy were. I was quite disappointed to find that Pixar had only met one of those goals.
The animation was absolutely on point, which the graphics, scenes and attention to the smallest detail pleased me greatly. It was one of the only points of the film that is positive.
Some of the comedy made me laugh as well. It had a decent amount of humour and some quick one liners. However, they were nothing special, and I ended up forgetting most of them at the end of the film.
A quick note on the characters; I feel like there is too many to keep memorising and Pixar adding too many at the last minute in the middle of the plot. I often found myself wondering which characters were which, and mixing up the characters together. For example (SPOILERS!) Bo Pepe's Sidekick was often forgotten and the character Duke Caboom (that's his actual name and how it's spelled, I looked it up!) and the two stuffed animals just seemed out of place being thrown in during the middle of the film.
And now, for the worst part.
I felt like the film was completely forgettable, with the plot being below par and, honestly, kind of predictable. Toy Story's 1, 2 and 3 plots were good because they changed everything every time, for example Andy moving out of college completely threw me off guard during TS3. But this plot, as soon as the motifs of Bo Pepe were revealed, I predicted the ending soon enough. This made the ending, instead of tear-bringing and pulling at my heartstrings, made me cringe and bored. I went to see this with my mum, dad and brother and we all agreed: the plot was forgettable.
I went to see it for the nostalgia, not as a stand alone film, and that's how it should be, and only how, it should be watched in my eyes. If you grew up on Toy Story, I'd watch it anyway. But if you want to watch it as a stand-alone film, I wouldn't recommend it.