Toy Story 3 (2010) (2010) - Golden Globe Winner! Oscar Winner!

"A bona fide summer delight loaded with action, humor, nostalgia, a veritable blizzard of pop-culture references and general good vibes.  Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
"Toy Story 3 is a salute to the magic of making believe.  Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Editor's Note Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and the the all-star casts of TOY STORY and its sequel return for a third outing as the voices of Pixar's beloved toys. Lee Unkrich, a co-director on TOY STORY 2 and FINDING NEMO, takes the reins for this third film, while LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE screenwriter Michael Arndt pens all the action. This time around, Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the toys have their adventures in Disney Digital 3-D.

	Estelle Harris
	Wallace Shawn
	Don Rickles
	Joan Cusack
	Tim Allen
	Tom Hanks
	John Ratzenberger
	Ned Beatty
	Darla Anderson - Producer
	Michael Arndt - Screenwriter
	Randy Newman - Composer
	Lee Unkrich - Director

USA Today
4 stars out of 4 -- "This installment, the best of the three, is everything a movie should be: hilarious, touching, exciting and clever." 06/17/2010

Box Office
5 stars out of 5 -- "Disney/Pixar has again come up with the best TOY STORY ever -- more laughs, more heart, more fun, more toys and all in stunningly well used 3D." 06/09/2010

Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "This is a jolly, slapstick comedy..." 06/16/2010

Los Angeles Times
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "TOY 3 manages to offer jeopardy and thrills plus unexpected moments of melancholy while never forgetting to have the most fun possible....It understands genuine emotion and is not afraid to get it up there on the screen." 06/18/2010

A.V. Club
"[TOY STORY 3] finds real, resonant emotion in the antics of a bunch of children's toys....It honestly earns its emotion, moment by painstakingly executed moment." -- Grade: A 06/17/2010

Wall Street Journal
"[T]he third film of the trilogy turns out to be gorgeously joyous and deeply felt....The climactic escape here ranks as one of the most remarkable creations in the history of animation." 06/18/2010

New York Times
"Sweet...touching...humane...it is all about doodads stamped and molded out of plastic and polyester. Therein lies it genius, and its uncanny authenticity." 06/18/2010

Entertainment Weekly
"It's as madly mischievous and inventive as TOY STORY and its sequel....TOY STORY 3 is a salute to the magic of making believe." -- Grade: A 06/25/2010

Movieline
"It winds its way gently towards its big themes instead of grabbing desperately at them, and because its plot is so beautifully worked out, getting there is almost all of the fun." 06/17/2010

Premiere
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "TOY STORY 3 lives up to its predecessors in terms of cute yet clever humor and action-packed journeys, grabbing you immediately with an incredible opening." 06/17/2010

Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "TOY STORY 3, decked out in nifty, non-showy 3-D, is a joy to behold. It hits every button from laughter to tears and lifts you up on waves of visual dazzlement." 07/08/2010

Sight and Sound
"[It] comes across at once as a tender, thoughtful valedictory and a symbolic renewal, with the old toys finally passed into new hands..." 08/01/2010

Film Comment
"[A] big-hearted and occasionally bracing exploration of nostalgia, mortality, and how our relationship with cherished objects changes over time." 11/01/2010

Total Film
5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a nuanced tale of heart-melting separation, change, ageing, loss....Classic all-ages storytelling lassoed to a perfect pay-off." 12/01/2010

Rolling Stone
Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies of 2010" -- "[A]nimated magic..." 12/24/2010

USA Today
Included in USA Today's "10 Best Films Of 2010" -- "[W]ith suspenseful action scenes and heart-wrenching emotional depth." 12/31/2010

USA Today 10 of 10
The 3-D horn-rims necessary to fully experience the masterpiece that is Toy Story 3 serve an additional useful purpose: a way to hide the tears any sentient being will surely shed by the film's heartfelt conclusion...How the animation wizards at Pixar keep coming up with innovative and rapturous stories is one of the miracles in modern film. How director Lee Unkrich, veteran Pixar writers John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, and Little Miss Sunshine co-writer Michael Arndt devised a fresh plot and enchanting characters in this third Toy Story go-round is perhaps the most impressive feat of all...This installment, the best of the three, is everything a movie should be: hilarious, touching, exciting and clever. The voices behind Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and the rest of the playthings contribute mightily to the character development in what is easily the summer's best movie thus far...The tale touches the heart as no movie in recent memory has done. Who would think a movie about plastic toys could speak so powerfully to audiences of all ages?...Years have gone by since 1995's Toy Story. The toys' boy, Andy, is now 17 and about to leave for college. His sister, Molly, is an iPod-listening tween, and the once-peppy family dog has slowed to a crawl. Andy's toys have been amusing themselves, though consigned to a toybox. But the gang's future is uncertain: Will they get played with again or languish in lonely obscurity in a dusty attic?...Following a few twists, the toys end up at Sunnyside day care center, "a place of ruin and despair," according to the dramatic Mr. Pricklepants (Timothy Dalton). The movie segues into a prison escape thriller with apocalyptic undertones, the suspense always leavened with laughs...The beloved characters are back: Woody, Buzz, cowgirl Jessie, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Dinosaur and Barbie. But their character arcs take new turns. Buzz goes bilingual, and Mr. Potato Head sheds his spud for a tortilla. They tangle with formidable foes, including an ascot-wearing Ken doll, the wonky-eyed Big Baby, a worn purple teddy bear named Lots-O'-Huggin' and a screeching Monkey...The movie's message is simple: Despite time and distance, family and friends are what count most. Change is not to be feared, and even mortality can be faced with pluck and dignity. These themes fuel, but never overpower, the adventure. - Claudia Puig