Toy Story
Toy Story
A cowboy doll is profoundly jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as the top toy in a boy's bedroom. When circumstances separate them from their owner, the duo have to put aside their differences to return to him.
Halim Mellick reviewedMay 3, 2025
I was 6 when Toy Story was released and I was obsessed with it into my teens. I didn’t know at the time I was witnessing the birth of a new era of animation.
Watching the progression from Toy Story 1-4 is a fascinating evolution in 3D animation.
I didn’t know Bo-Peep was made from porcelain until the 4th movie.
On a recent rewatch I was still surprised at how well the animation has held up it certainly doesn’t look or feel “1995”
In retrospect, the birth of this new era of animation put the final nail in the coffin of hand drawn cartoons and would put a stranglehold on animation for at least a decade moving forwards. It wouldn’t be until the Spider-Verse that we would see something new and refreshing.
A movie so revolutionary that it changed its own category moving forwards forever