Toy Story is well and truly back and this time it has something to say about the modern world.
Disney and Pixar position the film as “Toy meets Tech,” with Buzz, Woody, Jessie, and the gang facing a world where kids are increasingly obsessed with electronics instead of traditional toys.
Toy Story 5 taps back into the emotional DNA of the franchise’s early peak. You can feel echoes of Woody and Buzz’s old push-pull dynamic, and Jessie’s presence carries the same emotional weight that made the second movie hit so hard.
The core conflict of the film centers on Bonnie becoming completely absorbed by a LeapPad. This leaves Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the gang facing a new kind of existential dread: they aren’t just being outgrown; they are being overtaken by an algorithm.
Watch at home or in theaters?
It is always fun returning to the cinema to revisit a childhood. I guess it really depends on you emotional attachment to the franchise.
The final verdict
Toy Story 5 pulls off the trick most legacy sequels miss. It gives you the comfort of returning characters, smart new additions and a big nod to the past,. More importantly, it understands that today’s kids are not growing up in the same world Andy/Millenials did and builds a whole story around that tension.
8/10
Disney
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