Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
When Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet as a gift and becomes obsessed, Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs become exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to playtime.
Toy Story 5 revisits familiar franchise territory with a timely but thin premise — toys vs. screen addiction — that feels more like a riff on contemporary parenting anxieties than a genuinely fresh story. The plot is serviceable but formulaic, recycling the 'toys must prove their worth' throughline the series has leaned on repeatedly. Voice performances maintain the franchise's warm, reliable standard, and Pixar's animation craft keeps the visuals polished and expressive. However, neither the story nor its execution breaks new ground for the series or for animated family films broadly. The ending resolves things competently without the emotional gut-punch of the best entries in the franchise.