“…Toy Story 3 is easily the best film of 2010.
Toy Story 3 is possibly the finest ‘part 3′ ever made, give or take a The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King.
It is thrilling, funny, and scary, alternating between bouts of inspiration and heartbreak.
Whether it is or isn’t the best Pixar picture yet is a moot point.
It fits in their canon as another glorious mediation on their core themes (existing in safety vs. living with risk, letting go of that which is lost and cannot be recovered, the inevitability of time, the nature of ‘home’).
If the first two pictures took Woody and Buzz to ‘infinity and beyond’, this one takes them to hell and back.
It absolutely must be seen in 3D if possible, if only because the glasses will be useful in hiding the stream of tears during the first and last reels.
A token amount of plot - Eleven years have passed since Toy Story 2, and Andy is just about ready to leave for college.
The last several years have been difficult ones for Andy’s toy collection, as they have grown accustomed to being played with less and less …
… as Andy has grown from a child to a young adult.
After a cleaning mix-up nearly sends our beloved playthings into a garbage truck, Buzz, Jessie, Ham and the gang take refuge in a box intended for donation to a local daycare.
Woody however refuses to believe that his beloved owner intentionally abandoned him … and quickly attempts to make his way back to Andy’s house.
The others take comfort in their apparently joyful new digs, a colorful and exciting world filled with new toy friends …
… and an unending parade of children who will play with them constantly.
But when the dark underside of the daycare center is uncovered … will the toys choose to remain there …
… or live forever in Andy’s attic … in the hopes that Andy’s children may one day play with them again?
It goes without saying that the film deals with some harsh truths about life …
… especially what happens when we grow up … and our children grow up before our eyes.
When we are no longer constantly needed by the ones we’ve loved … where will we go for happiness and fulfillment?
After the fantastically exciting and funny action sequence that opens the picture (I could have watched a whole action thriller set inside Andy’s imagination), director Lee Unkrich wastes no time laying out the grim picture.
Andy is all grown up, many of the toys have been lost to donations or yard sales … and the core group that remains faces a most uncertain future.
The film picks up and lightens up quite a bit once they get to the Sunnyside Daycare and the emotional drama takes a backseat to caper hijinks.
Still, amidst it all, these toys are basically exiles searching for a new home.
The fear and resentment that goes with that is always under the surface (every facial expression from Jessie is a reminder that she’s been through this before).
Emotional turmoil aside, the film is still filled with rich comedy … and delightful new characters…”
go to source/story>>>Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Toy Story 3: An IMAX 3D Experience (2010)