Recently, my Mom decided to get a Disney Plus subscription, mainly in order to watch Hamilton. Neither me nor the rest of my family are particularly huge Disney fans. However, we all do like Pixar, and as such, yesterday we decided watch Toy Story 4. It really is an excellent film and probably my favorite Toy Story.

This is undoubtedly the absolute funniest Toy Story movie. The comedy due Key and Peele voice two carnival plush animals, and they really made this film. There are some incredibly hilarious moments featuring them. In addition, Keanu Reeves plays a Toy Canadian stuntman who has PTSD from his previous owner. All three of these new characters are well written and surprisingly funny, and they were definitely my favorite part of the movie.

This movie’s themes are a bit less deep than some of Pixar’s other movies, like Up, which made audiences sob in literally the first ten minutes. This movie basically is saying that it’s ok to be honest with yourself, and sometimes people will let you down. This was a bit disappointing, as it’s kind of a typical theme in kid’s movies, and from the ending to a 24 year saga, it’s a bit of a letdown. However, despite that, I’m not ashamed to say I was crying a little at the end of this movie, as I grew up with this franchise and the ending is very emotional.

The biggest thing I don’t understand about Toy Story 4 is why it was made. This movie feels almost pointless, in that they already seemed to have finished the Toy Story franchise with a very satisfying conclusion at the end of the third movie. Making a sequel seems kind of greedy and needless, and this movie just overall is unnecessary.

That being said, although this movie didn’t need to be made, it was, and it’s great. Pixar has done it again, however, I really hope they don’t make a Toy Story 5, as for two movies in a row, they’ve given us what could what could be an end-point for the franchise, and making a fifth movie just seems wrong.