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You’ve Got a Friend in Me: A Toy Story 4 Review
Toy Story is one of the first movies I ever remember seeing in theaters. It was one of my favorite movies growing up, and probably one of the most important movies of my childhood; not only did it introduce me to Pixar, a studio that has produced so many of my favorite movies, but it set my imagination on fire with its concept of what toys do when we aren’t playing with them. It was something every child could relate to, since we all had toys.
And as I grew up, so did Toy Story. I was roughly the same age as Andy when each movie released, and the franchise continued to be pitch perfect in its translation of the relationship between toy and child. And when it came time to say goodbye to the toys- through Andy giving them to Bonnie- it was emotional. It was something hugely relatable. Who on earth would have thought a movie about toys would have been so emotionally impactful?
To me, Toy Story 3 was the perfect conclusion to the story, so when Disney/Pixar announced Toy Story 4, I was skeptical. I mean, we’d already said goodbye once, did we really need to go back again?
