'Toy Story 4' is still flying high on visual pow, pinwheeling fun and soulful feeling Oscars
What’s Woody to do? For starters, he attaches himself to Forky since Bonnie is obsessed with him . When Forky goes missing, it’s Woody to the rescue on a family road trip that takes dark turns into an antiques store for discarded toys and a creepy carnival where hard truths are dispensed by tough-talking plushies voiced by Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key.
That’s pretty much the movie, which director Josh Cooley fashions into a slice of animated heaven deepened with unexpected provocation. Working from a script by Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom, Cooley keeps action and character in thoughtful balance. There are new characters, including Gabby Gabby , a talking doll with a broken voice box and a wicked agenda and Canadian daredevil Duke Caboom , who’s also been replaced by his fickle, young owner.
Include Woody in that bunch. While Forky has a near-suicidal goal to jump back into the trash heap from whence he came — cue Randy Newman’s “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” — Woody only wants to be a toy again, one that’s cherished. For that, Woody enlists the help of his old love, Bo Peep , a porcelain lamp whose wisdom holds the key to Woody’s future. You may have thought thatproves there is much left to said.
For a series that began nearly 25 years ago, this classic in the making couldn’t go out on a more fitting note of tender, tear-drenched resolution.
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