Not as good as it's predecessors, but still a great film.

Rating: 8/10 (22 June 2019)

What I originally thought would disappoint turned out to be surprisingly great! Toy Story 4 is an emotionally engaging, beautifully animated and incredibly entertaining film that, while not as good as Toy Story 3, is nearly on par with the first and second, which is still VERY good. This is easily the funniest Toy Story to date, nearly every joke worked very well and the timing was excellent. The emotional moments were on a scale of depressing to full on tear jerking, especially with the interactions between Woody and Bo and that gut punching ending. And the animation is STUNNING. It is mesmerizingly detailed and the lighting is gorgeous. Pixar is constantly topping itself in the animation department and it shows as every film they have released has progressively looked better and better. The ending also left me crying even after exiting the cinema, but TS3's ending still has it beat as that movie had me violently sobbing during it's last few minutes. It isn't the best Toy Story, but it's still a fantastic movie and definitely worth seeing. Even though Pixar sequels are generally unnecessary, this one included, I'm happy with Toy Story 4 serving as the franchises conclusion.