The worst Toy Story...by far

Rating: 4/10 (20 July 2019)

As someone who's grown up with the toy story franchise, Toy Story 4 is an unnecessary entry that ruins the perfect, satisfying, and emotional conclusion of 3, and instead leaving the franchise with an unneeded ending that doesn't feel earned, emotional, or gratifying in the slightest.
Toy Story 4 pushes away a majority of the characters we have grown up with, even Buzz who is given an extremely dumbed down role in the film, in favour of a slew of new characters that aren't given nearly enough time to be new franchise favourites, even if they are entertaining in their short moments onscreen (besides the snooze-inducing villain).
While Woody's journey in this film does have interesting moments, Toy Story 4 feels far more linear and uninspired than any of the other movies, ranging from boring, to frustrating when the film ends on a moment that is meant to be tearjerking and heartbreaking, and is instead incredibly frustrating as it feels like a waste of everything in the series so far, rapidly throwing away the character relationships we've grown up to love and cherish as audiences.
In conclusion, the beautiful animation is not enough to accommodate for the uninteresting story and completely baffling ending.