Directed By: Lee Unkrich
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, & Don Rickles
MPAA Rating: G
My Rating: 10 /10
The Disney and Pixar collaboration has a remarkable track record, with every film they have produced being a critical and commercial success, but I always grow a little wary when I'm about to see their latest project. Eventually, they are going to make a dud...you just know they are, but it doesn't stop us from wanting their brand to remain perhaps the only still-untarnished one left in Hollywood. And, if I was a betting man, my money would have been on Toy Story 3 becoming their first disappointment. After all, how many third installments have lived up to their legacies? I could probably count all the ones that have on one hand. But, to my gleeful surprise, Toy Story 3 didn't just live up to its predecessors; it is, in fact, this already-wonderful franchise's magnum opus. Masterfully blending intelligent humor with heartwarming (and, sometimes, tear-inducing) drama, while appealing equally to both children and adults, Toy Story 3 is an utterly delightful film that is, without a doubt, one of the year's most wonderful.
