by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
While Transformers is often a self-serious toy franchise, this film finds a good balance between giving the story proper weight and allowing for enough comedy to emphasize that these toy movies are supposed to be fun.
Directed by Josh Cooley
Written by Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom (story by 6,453 other people)
Starring Keanu Reeves, Keanu Reeves, and Keanu Reeves
Running time 1 hour 40 minutes
MPAA rating G for Gosh this movie is Good
by Jaime Davis, The Fixer
When the teaser trailer for Toy Story 4 hit last year people thought it was super cute and all but the next thing that would come out their mouths was, “Why?” The third installment of the hit Pixar franchise wrapped up with what felt like a lovely closure for the series: Woody and Company were donated into the hands of young Bonnie after their previous kid, Andy grew up and moved on. If you were anything like me at the end of Toy Story 3, you were 1. absolutely shook and 2. wiping tears from your eyes as you left the theater. But still…why? Why was this made? Do we really need it? What purpose does Toy Story 4 serve?
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