Review: ‘Toy Story 5’ Takes on Electronics and Gets a Family Reunion
Buzz Lightyear and Woody return as the toys face a tech-driven world that gives the sequel a fresh, modern conflict.
- Buzz Lightyear and Woody return in "Toy Story 5," facing a tech takeover as Bonnie receives a frog-themed tablet called Lilypad to help her make friends.
- The story explores whether screen time signals the end of toys, addressing "pressing dilemmas of modern childhood" as Bonnie struggles with online bullying via Lilypad.
- Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian argued the film "loses its nerve with its own big idea," while Nicholas Barber on BBC Culture called the plot "amazingly timely."
- Deborah Ross in The Spectator questioned the necessity of the sequel 31 years after the first film, noting the franchise risks being "thrashed to death."
- Theaters glowing with Apple Watches evidence the film has struck a nerve among audiences, reflecting tension between digital habits and the beloved Pixar series.
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Toy Story 5: ‘superb’ to look at but ‘feels a little generic’
“‘Toy Story 5’ – do we need it?” asked Deborah Ross in The Spectator. It’s been 31 years since the first film came out, and “one worries for the narrative integrity of characters when an IP is thrashed to death like this”. The latest instalment, however, does at least bring the franchise up to date by addressing one of the “pressing dilemmas of modern childhood”: screen time, and whether it will be the end of toys (“Extinction... Not again!” cri…
Toy Story 5 Takes On the Existential Dread of Big Tech
The biggest hit of 2026 so far, Toy Story 5 has made a whopping $160 million internationally, topping the opening weekend numbers of all previous super-popular Toy Story movies.And for those of you wondering why a Toy Story 5 even exists, when there was so much speculation about Toy Story 4 as the unnecessary coda to the perfectly realized Toy Story trilogy — oh you adorable dreamer, you. As long as there’s a dollar yet to be made, there’ll be T…
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