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Tell Others About This Page By Using This Button "TOY STORY" (1995) (voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen) (G) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Mild Minor Heavy Moderate Minor Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Moderate Minor Heavy None None Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Minor None None Moderate Mild QUICK TAKE: Animated Comedy/Adventure: In a world where toys come to life whenever humans aren't around, a toy cowboy figure must contend with the arrival of a new space ranger toy who enamors the other toys as well as their human boy owner, but doesn't realize he's not the real character from which he's molded. PLOT: Like most other kids his age, Andy (voice of John Morris) has a lot of toys in his bedroom, and his favorite is his talking, pull-string cowboy. Little does the kid realize, however, that Woody (voice of TOM HANKS) and the rest of the toys only pretend to be inanimate when he and other humans are around, and otherwise are alive when they're just among their own kind. With Woody as their unelected leader, the various toys -- including Mr. Potato Head (voice of DON RICKLES), Slinky Dog (voice of JIM VARNEY), Rex the tyrannosaurus (voice of WALLACE SHAWN), Hamm the piggy bank (voice of JOHN RATZENBERGER) and Bo Peep (voice of ANNIE POTTS), among others -- are always worried when a new toy arrives in the house. Since they're moving to a new home soon, Andy's mom moves up his birthday celebration, and that means the arrival of space ranger toy Buzz Lightyear (voice of TIM ALLEN), who arrives with all of the latest cool gizmos and gadgets, all of which impress not only Andy, but the other toys as well. That is, except for Woody who's jealous of the attention being diverted away from him and can't believe that Buzz thinks he's the real character and not a toy replica. Woody's jealousy gets the better of him, and Buzz ends up knocked out the bedroom window. Realizing he must retrieve his rival in order to keep the rest of the toys from turning on him, Woody sets out to do just that. In doing so, however, that takes him out into the real world where various dangers lurk, including the next door neighbor teen, Sid (voice of ERIK VON DETTEN), who enjoys abusing toys (not realizing they're sentient beings), and eventually gets his hands on both Woody and Buzz. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? It's a good bet that many will. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: G For not containing material that would warrant a higher rating. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: Although it's debatable whether kids view computer-animated characters as role models, here's a quick look at the major characters. WOODY is the friendly and easygoing, if somewhat neurotic cowboy toy and leader of the others who ends up jealous of the attention paid to Buzz upon his arrival in the home. After causing Buzz to be knocked out of the house, he must retrieve him in order to save face with the other toys. BUZZ LIGHTYEAR is the cocky space ranger toy who doesn't realize he's just that and thinks instead that he's landed on a strange planet with an interesting array of characters. REX plays a nervous Nelly of a tyrannosaurus rex toy. MR. POTATO HEAD is cynical and sarcastic potato-shaped toy who's quick to criticize and condemn Woody for his actions. SLINKY DOG is another toy who always stands up for Woody, thus drawing Mr. Potato Head's contempt. HAMM is a wisecracking piggy bank who joins in the condemnation of Woody. BO PEEP is a porcelain shepherdess who likes Woody. ANDY is the human boy who owns the toys, not realizing they're sentient beings and that his newfound fondness for Buzz over Woody has put their world in disarray. SID is the sociopathic neighbor teen kid who's destructive and enjoys altering, damaging and destroying toys (without realizing they're alive). CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a brief summary of the content found in this animated comedy/adventure that's rated G. No profanity is present, but various colorful phrases are, along brief and benign but slightly suggestive dialogue. Some slapstick style material is present, some characters strike or struggle with others (played lightly), and a kid uses a firecracker to blow up a toy and threatens the same with another. Some moments of peril might be unsettling and/or suspenseful to some younger viewers, but probably no one else. A depressed character acts as if he's intoxicated, while some alcohol references are present, as is some brief, crude humor. Bad attitudes are present, while some behavior might be enticing for kids to imitate. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, Andy rapidly spins around in a chair (and we see that point of view), while we also see other point of view movement, some of which is bouncy to various degrees (including bouncing up and down). ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE We see that Andy has created an old west town, with boxes standing in for buildings, with one having the word "saloon" written on it. Wood mocks Buzz by saying, "Okay then, Mr. Light Beer." Depressed about learning he's really a toy and having tea with Sid's daughter who's dressed him like a girl, Buzz acts as if he's drunk (the usual stuff, slurred words, slow but over-exaggerated reactions), etc. referring to the tea as "dargeelan" (or something sounding like that, presumably an alcoholic beverage in his world). BLOOD/GORE Andy's baby sister puts Mr. Potato Head in her mouth, and leaves some slime on him, causing him later to refer to her as "Princess Drool." We see a dead bug on Buzz's helmet glass and there's a smear of guts there after Woody pulls it away. We see a "Whack an alien" game at an arcade (similar to a "whack a mole" one), with a small alien repeatedly popping out of different holes on a mannequin's chest, with some fake blood on the latter (briefly seen from a distance). Rex appears to vomit off screen (after seeing Woody holding up Buzz's detached arm), but since he's a toy, it's doubtful anything came out. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Woody ends up jealous of the attention the other toys pay to Buzz and, more importantly, that Andy has replaced him as his favorite toy. When he's responsible for Buzz falling out the window, the other toys turn on him. Sid tortures toys for fun (although he doesn't realize they're really alive). FRIGHTENING SCENES Scenes listed here and under "Violence" may be unsettling and/or suspenseful to younger viewers but probably few others. Woody goes limp as a large truck pulls into a gas station and its tire stops just inches short of running over him. Spotting Buzz in one of those amusement games where one uses a claw to try to retrieve a toy, Sid does just that to try to get him, with Woody trying to hold onto Buzz's legs to keep him from being snatched. In the end, Sid walks away with both of them. We see Buzz and Woody's point of view from inside a bag that Sid carries and at which his dog tries to get inside. Sid then takes a squeaky alien toy, places it on his dog's nose, and the dog then grabs it in its mouth and thrashes it about, much to Woody and Buzz's horror. They then watch in horror as he places a doll in a vice and then transplants a flying dinosaur head onto her body. After Sid leaves, Woody is scared as he thinks he hears something, we see the image of something move by in the foreground of the shot, and Woody then nervously shines a flashlight under the bed to reveal a freakish toy that Sid has assembled (a one-eyed baby doll head atop a crab-like erector set equipped with claws). Other such altered toys are seen, but none are as potentially scary as the baby crab thing, although Woody and Buzz believe they're cannibals as they go at the doll and dinosaur toys (they're not, as they simply put them back together). Woody tries to escape from Sid's house and heads for the center stairs only to find his dog sleeping there. He then heads back up, but his pull-string is caught and plays one of his prerecorded sayings, thus awakening the dog that then comes after him and Buzz who go into separate rooms. Buzz hides behind a door that's open, with the dog just on the other side, but the pooch loses interest and leaves. Various misfit toys surround Buzz, and Woody panics, thinking they're going to eat him. He struggles with one and ends up hitting the wall, but then sees the other toys simply putting Buzz back together again. Sid receives a big, explosive rocket, tries to find Woody to use it on (Woody hides on the underside of the top of a crate Sid picks up), and then tapes it to Buzz. Buzz tries to push a heavy toolbox off the top of a crate in which Woody is trapped, all before Sid returns. Sid has Buzz and is going to "launch" him with an explosive rocket, all while his dog is at the door behind which Woody struggles to close. Outside, Sid lights a match to set the fuse on the explosive rocket, but is interrupted before going through with his plan. The moving truck nearly drives over Woody and Buzz who then run for it, trying to grab the sliding door strap, all while Sid's dog chases after them and gets Woody by his leg as he tries to hold on. Buzz then jumps on the pooch and pulls its eyelids before hiding beneath a car with the dog trying to get him. Woody gets into the moving truck and sends a remote-control car to rescue Buzz, but the other toys (thinking Woody is a traitor) throw him aside, Hamm lands down on him, and they then toss him from the truck and he barely avoids being run over by a regular car (all while the dog chases Buzz who's riding on the remote-control car). Buzz ends up barely making his way through an intersection and under the cars, while some cars swerve to avoid the dog and end up crashing (just fender bender variety). Buzz and Woody try to catch the moving truck, but the remote-control car they're on loses battery power. They then get the idea to use the rocket taped to Buzz's back to propel them, but the wind from a passing vehicle snuffs out Woody's match. He then uses sunlight to light the match, the rocket ignites and blasts them forward, and they end up flying through the sky before landing in Andy's mom's vehicle (played more for adventure than suspense, but younger kids may worry that they won't be successful and thus the characters will be lost toys). GUNS/WEAPONS Andy manipulates his toys as if Mr. Potato Head is robbing a bank (with a toy gun). The Etch-A-Sketch toy does a pistol drawing on its screen in a "draw" contest with Woody. Some toy army men soldiers carry machine guns molded to their bodies, while one has a bazooka. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "Reach for the sky," "Howdy, little lady," "Somebody's poisoned the water hole," "Pull my string," "Princess drool," "Look, I'm Picasso," "You uncultured swine," "What are you looking at? You hockey puck," "Is his mom losing her marbles?" "You idiot," "Sorry there, spud-head," "You big lizard," "I come in peace," "What's with him? -- Laser envy," "To infinity and beyond," "That wasn't flying, that was falling with style," Okay then, Mr. Light Beer," "Oh shut up," "Look, I'm Woody. Howdy, howdy, howdy," "Listen, light snack," "Don't even think about it, cowboy," "You're mocking me, aren't you?" "You idiot," "You back-stabbing, murderer," "Where is your honor dirt-bag? You are an absolute disgrace," "Shut up, you idiot," "You...are...a...toy!" "You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity," "Good riddance, you looney," "What an idiot," "This is ludicrous," "Hey bozo," "Stop it you zealots," "I don't believe that man's ever been to medical school," "You idiot," "Son of a building block," "Did you all take stupid pills this morning?" "Something's screwy here," "You freak," "Go back to your lives, citizens," "Cool," "Megadork" (seen written on a poster), "There's a snake in my boots" (one of Woody's pre-recorded sayings) and "Way to go, Idaho." Andy rapidly spins around in a chair (and we see that point of view). Andy uses the foot section of a recliner to jettison Woody across the room. Mr. Potato Head removes his lips from his own face and repeatedly touches them to his own rear as a reference to Slinky defending Woody's decisions. Sid uses a firecracker to blow up a toy figure (we don't see the impact, but do see debris flying from the apparently large explosion). Sid wears a skull t-shirt. Sid uses a magnifying glass to focus sunlight onto Woody's head, burning him. Depressed about learning he's really a toy and having tea with Sid's daughter who's dressed him like a girl, Buzz acts as if he's drunk (the usual stuff, slurred words, slow but over-exaggerated reactions), etc. referring to the tea as "dargeelan" (or something sounding like that, presumably an alcoholic beverage in his world). JUMP SCENES Rex is suddenly in Woody's face and lets out a roar, but Woody is unfazed and Rex was just practicing. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) A heavy amount of suspenseful, action-oriented and some heavily dramatic music plays in the film. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) None. PROFANITY None. SEX/NUDITY Bo Peep somewhat suggestively tells Woody, "What do you say I get someone else to watch the sheep tonight?" He gets all tongued tied but let out "Oh yeah," with her adding, "Don't forget, I'm just a few blocks (meaning of the toy variety) away." About a new potential toy in the group, Mr. Potato Head repeatedly asks for a Mrs. Potato Head. After seeing Buzz "fly" around the room, Bo Peep enthusiastically states, "I found my moving buddy." Bo Peep dips Woody down and kisses him under mistletoe, but we don't see the actual kiss. SMOKING None. TENSE FAMILY SCENES None. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT The way the film plays off kids' imaginative play with their toys where they pretend that they're alive. Jealousy and insecurity, and how they cause people to act. VIOLENCE Mr. Potato Head whacks another toy with his arm. Andy's mom steps on one toy soldier by accident, but he's okay. Rex accidentally runs into a trash can and falls over. Various toys are knocked around, and Woody kicks a checkers board, with one checker ricocheting and landing in his mouth. Sid uses a firecracker to blow up a toy figure (we don't see the impact, but do see debris flying from the apparently large explosion). Woody purposefully drives a remote-control car at Buzz, barely missing him, but causing tacks to fall and land in the desk by him, and then a globe to come loose and "chase" him across the desk. A desk lamp is then hit, swings around, and knocks Buzz out the second story window. Following that, various toy army men jump on Woody to subdue him. Mad at what he did, Buzz tackles Woody and they struggle beneath a car. Buzz knocks Woody back against a tire, punches him, and then Woody repeatedly punches Buzz's face until the latter's helmet shield closes on Woody's hand. As Woody hopes into the back of a station wagon, the glass tailgate closes on him. Once inside, he's tossed about as the driver speeds around, ending with a toolbox smashing into Woody. We see Buzz and Woody's point of view from inside a bag that Sid carries and at which his dog tries to get inside. Sid then takes a squeaky alien toy, places it on his dog's nose, and the dog then grabs it in its mouth and thrashes it about, much to Woody and Buzz's horror. Sid uses a magnifying glass to focus sunlight onto Woody's head, burning him. A large ball falls on Woody's head. Woods uses Buzz's detached arm to hit Buzz on the head (to snaps him out of his stupor). Various misfit toys surround Buzz, and Woody panics, thinking they're going to eat him. He struggles with one and ends up hitting the wall, but then sees the other toys simply putting Buzz back together again. A heavy toolbox lands on Woody on the floor. The moving truck nearly drives over Woody and Buzz who then run for it, trying to grab the sliding door strap, all while Sid's dog chases after them and gets Woody by his leg as he tries to hold on. Buzz then jumps on the pooch and pulls its eyelids before hiding beneath a car with the dog trying to get him. Woody gets into the moving truck and sends a remote-control car to rescue Buzz, but the other toys (thinking Woody is a traitor) throw him aside, Hamm lands down on him, and they then toss him from the truck and he barely avoids being run over by a regular car (all while the dog chases Buzz who's riding on the remote-control car). Buzz ends up barely making his way through an intersection and under the cars, while some cars swerve to avoid the dog and end up crashing (just fender bender variety). Sunlight magnified through Buzz's helmet shield briefly burns Woody's hand, giving him an idea. While flying, Buzz drops a remote-control car to land in a moving truck, but it lands on Mr. Potato Head instead. Reviewed off DVD / Posted October 2, 2009

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