peteg's blog - noise - movies - 2022 07 15 Lightyear

Lightyear (2022)

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Colour me surprised to find the latest Disneyfied Pixar effort to be every bit as dire as the IMDB rating (5.3) and reviews suggested. It is entirely soulless. The plot arc makes little sense. I watched it in the hope that the synthetic cat SOX might be something. It wasn't. Wisely avoided by all previous Toy Story voice actors, with Chris Evans replacing Tim Allen in the role of Buzz. Absolutely beyond redemption.

A. O. Scott. Whatever it was supposed to be, it was not much fun to watch. Dana Stevens: "But there’s a rueful irony to the fact that it's this supposedly human inspiration for the beloved toy who feels more like a plastic action figure."