
This review contains very minor spoilers.
This film was shown with the Pixar short 'Day and Night'.
Plot
Eleven years have passed, both real-time and in-universe, since the last instalment of the Toy Story saga. Andy is now a young adult who leaves for college. After a series of mishaps, the toys are left at a local daycare centre which, although seeming at first like a utopia, becomes chaos after they realise the true nature of both the children and toys there, and our gang plots to escape and return to Andy.
Both the plot and atmosphere of this film are much darker than the last two, and it really makes for an engaging and interesting experience if you grew up with the series. As always, there's a moral to the story, and Toy Story 3 is a lot like Up in more ways than one...it's about growing up, and contains more than its fair share of emotional moments.
Characters
If you've seen the last two Toy Story films, you'd recognise most of the characters, although there are a slew of new arrivals in this final chapter of the series. I'm not going to reveal much about them, but you'll find them just as if not more interesting than the original cast.
Visuals
This is definitely the most visually stunning Toy Story yet, and the first full-3D Pixar film (excluding the 3D rereleases of Toy Story 1 and 2). The 3D visuals aren't that noticable, but they do draw you in to the film quite a lot more. There're a lot of sweeping shots to show off the advances in CGI over the past 11 years, and it makes the world of the film a lot more believable.
Soundtrack
Although parts of the film soundtrack rely heavily on nostalgic value, the score is fantastic as always.
Overall
If you liked the first Toy Story films, you'll love this one.
10/10
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