Smell the Movies
Smell the TV
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| Year: | 1995 |
| Country of origin: | USA |
| Director: | John Lasseter |
| Genre: | Cutesy family entertainment |
| Starring: | Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger |
| Rating: | 3/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/ |
| Tagline: | Hang on for the comedy that goes to infinity and beyond! |
| Favourite line: | "You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity." |
Pixar's breakthrough smash hit is a sentimental, though reasonably engaging affair.
The plot:
Woody is a toy cowboy whose owner, Andy, receives a birthday gift of Buzz Lightyear, a swanky, confident spaceman, with wings, a laser beam and communications systems.
Understandably, Woody is concerned that, with Lightyear in the picture, he will be cast aside with all the other unwanted toys.
And it is really enjoyable.
Pixar somehow manage to walk that line between sentimental cosiness and puke inducing saccharine, always staying just this side of acceptable, their movies feeling warm and lovely rather than racking you with stomach cramps.
Even the presence on lead voice of Tom 'despicable entity' Hanks can't ruin this one.
Not perfect - the songs are a little hard to take - this is nevertheless a confident, engaging introduction to the creative powerhouse that Pixar would swiftly become.
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