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Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis.

You can help us help kids by suggesting a diversity update. Pixar's Toy Story movies are all about friendship, loyalty, and "being there" for Andy and for each other. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, and Rex band together to overcome their many obstacles and disagreements. Sharing, curiosity, and ingenuity are all celebrated.

Andy's toys are all courageous and willing to sacrifice themselves for each other. Woody is one of the most loyal characters in movie history -- his dedication to Andy above all else is admirable if sometimes hard for his friends to understand -- and over the course of the three films truly learns humility.

The rest of the toys are also quite brave and helpful, and they don't quit on Buzz when he's not acting like himself. Even the alien "kids" are quite willing to do anything and everything to save their "parents" Mr. Potato Head and friends from danger. Toy Story 3 introduces some new characters who aren't as admirable as Andy's crew, but they face the consequences of their behavior in the end -- and some even get a fresh start.

It's a tense scene, and some kids will find it upsetting. A few of the Sunnyside toys are creepy -- especially the Big Baby doll and the screeching Monkey.

Flirting between toy characters like Ken and Barbie it's love at first sight! Some innuendoes as when Baribe tells Ken that she likes his "ascot". Potato Head. And beyond that, the Toy Story franchise has the potential for the most merchandising tie-ins of any kid-targeted movie series.

Toys, action figures, books, party supplies, plush dolls, you name it -- Disney's Toy Story characters are everywhere, especially kid favorites Woody and Buzz Lightyear. Parents need to know that while Toy Story 3 -- the third movie in Pixar's flagship Toy Story franchise -- is bound to please moviegoers of all ages, it is scarier and more intense than the first two which is why we've rated this "threequel" at a higher age than Toy Story and Toy Story 2. Overall, the latest adventure shared by Woody Tom Hanks , Buzz Lightyear Tim Allen , and the rest of Andy's favorite toys is kid-friendly -- but there's a fairly long scene of the toys in serious peril toward the end of the movie that many 3- to 5-year-olds could find quite upsetting.

There are also a few new toys that act a bit mean and creepy particularly a Big Baby doll and a cymbal-clapping Monkey and scenes in which favorite characters are trapped by cruel authority figures. But there are also wonderful, touching messages about friendship, loyalty, and imagination. Add your rating See all parent reviews. Add your rating See all kid reviews. Woody Tom Hanks , Buzz Lightyear Tim Allen , and the rest of Andy's favorite toys have survived yard sale after yard sale, but now the best they can hope for is a one-way ticket to the attic.

After an unfortunate mix-up, the toys -- particularly Jessie Joan Cusack -- believe it's for the best if they jump into the donation box for Sunnyside Daycare. But Andy's toys quickly realize that these toddlers don't so much play with toys as terrorize them.. Now they'll have to use all of their ingenuity to escape their preschool prison.

If only every "children's movie" could be this well-made and well-loved. The consistency of the voice cast even Andy is played by the same actor, now in his 20s , the brilliant animation, and the many running jokes are just a few of the reasons this series has yet to go stale.

The film's antagonists, led by Beatty's deceptively huggable Lotso, have a believable reason for acting so selfishly, and Keaton's Ken is hilariously clothes-obsessed and sensitive about being called a "girl's toy".

In the end, every character gets to shine Barbie, the aliens, a self-sacrificing Mr. Potato Head who gets very creative when the situation calls for it , and every toy gets the "happily ever after" they deserve. However, as the toys prepare to leap to freedom, they are confronted by Lotso and his henchmen, who have "broken" Chatter into informing him of the escape plan. After hearing a garbage truck in the distance, Lotso offers the toys a spot back in his family. However, they refuse to be part of any family that Lotso runs.

Ken comes to the side of Woody and the others, telling the other toys that Lotso transformed the toys at Sunnyside into a pyramid and put himself on top. When Lotso reprimands Andy's toys that no kid has ever really loved a toy, Woody brings up the subject of Daisy and reminds Lotso that she didn't throw him out but lost him, and reveals to Big Baby that Lotso was the only one that was replaced. He then throws over a name tag that Big Baby once owned with Daisy's name on it.

Big Baby picks up the locket after being reminded of his former owner, and it's clear that he still cares about her. Lotso is infuriated by this and snatches the locket, smashes it with his cane, and starts to get abusive towards Big Baby when he starts to become upset.

Built up from all the anger of the toys trying to escape, Lotso tells the stubborn toys that they a toy is nothing but trash waiting to be thrown away in hopes of getting it through their heads once and for all. This finally makes Big Baby and the other Sunnyside toys see Lotso for his evil, bitter self, and Big Baby picks up Lotso and throws him in the dumpster. However, when the garbage truck arrives, Lotso drags Woody after he helps an alien get unstuck into the dumpster with him, and the rest of Andy's toys refuse to abandon him and jump in, while Barbie and Ken are forced to remain behind.

Having been thrown into the rear of the truck, a small TV falls on Buzz, resetting him to his normal self, with no memory of what happened to him. The toys find themselves at the Tri-County Landfill , where the aliens notice a large crane in the distance, reciting one of their catchphrases, " The Claw! The rest of the toys, meanwhile, are dumped onto a long conveyor belt of garbage heading towards a set of shredders. Thanks to the magnetic ceiling over them, they manage to avoid the shredders, including Lotso, who is helped to safety by Woody and Buzz.

The conveyor belt then moves upwards, however, sending them toward the central incinerator. Lotso notices an emergency shutoff switch at the top of a ladder, and with Woody's and Buzz's help, manages to reach it.

However, rather than shutting off the belt, Lotso walks away and leaves them to die. The remaining toys are dropped into a large chamber, where the shredded garbage is falling in an enormous bowl toward the central incinerator.

The toys seem resigned to their fate, and join hands as they accept their inevitable death. Just then, however, the aliens use the crane's claw to pull them to safety. Lotso, in the meantime, finds himself strapped to the front of another truck by a garbage man, who claims he once had a Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear toy when he was a kid.

Deciding that the attic isn't such a bad place to be sent, the toys manage to return to Andy's room undetected riding a year old Sid 's garbage truck , where they pack themselves into a box labeled " Attic " and say goodbye to Woody wishing him a good time at college with Andy.

However, Woody decides he can't allow his friends to be sent to the attic and gets an idea, writing Andy a note suggesting that he gives the toys to Bonnie, who he knows will play with and take good care of them. Andy discovers the box, and finds the note Woody left on the top. He drives the toys to Bonnie's house, where he pulls them from the box and passes them on to her one by one, explaining their names, personalities, and other traits. Finally, Bonnie looks into the bottom of the box and sees Woody, who had jumped into the box before leaving the note and leaving Andy confused about how he'd gotten in there.

Andy picks Woody up before Bonnie can, but then sees the surprised look on her face, as well as all of his other old toys, lined up together with her. In one last symbolic gesture, he gives Woody to Bonnie, telling her that they've been through a lot together, and he means a lot to him, so she's got to take good care of him.

Bonnie gladly accepts, and Andy joins her in playing with what are now her toys one last time. Soon, it's time for Andy to leave, and as he sits in his car and prepares to pull away, he looks back to see Bonnie waving Woody's hand at him.

He smiles, thanks to his toys for a great life together before. When Bonnie goes inside with her mother, the toys watch Andy drive away as they all wish him a final goodbye before Woody starts introducing his friends to the rest of Bonnie's toys.

The end credits show that life at Sunnyside is now far kinder and happier under the supervision of Ken and Barbie. All of the toys now rotate their time between the Caterpillar and Butterfly Room equally, and no toy is left in the Caterpillar Room too long. Emperor Zurg , a few other toys and the Army men are also seen landing in Sunnyside and receive a warm welcome from the residents. Eleven years since we've seen Woody, Buzz and the gang on the big screen.

As " Toy Story 3 " presents that rare combination of box-office might and critical kudos, it poses the question -- what took so long? Director Lee Unkrich blames the long 'Toy Story" layoff on corporate friction between Pixar and Disney , which was distributor of the films at the time.

Let's make it three. Sure enough, Andy plans to store his toys in the attic, but when his mother accidentally donates them to a daycare , Andy's toys must get home to him before he leaves. The film opens with an action sequence in the Wild West , in which Mr. Then, Bart and Betty set off explosives that destroy a bridge and make their escape in their car driven by the Aliens.

Woody, Jessie and Bullseye approach the train and Woody hops in the cockpit. Woody applies the brakes, but the train falls off the bridge with him still inside. Suddenly, the entire train is lifted high into the air and saved by Buzz , who then disintegrates One-Eyed Bart and Betty's getaway car with his laser.

Suddenly, Hamm as Evil Dr. Porkchop flies into view in his airship and picks up the One-Eyed couple and their associates, and presses a button labeled " Death by Monkeys ". A huge army of monkeys are released, and they quickly swarm and bring down Rex before capturing Woody, Buzz, and Jessie, and holding them down.

Just as One-Eyed Bart is about to press the Death button to kill the heroes, the sequence ends and goes into Andy's room , revealing that it was all just an imagination of a child.

A series of home video clips of Andy is then screened, showing him growing up and playing with his toys through the years. The film then jumps to its present setting, about 6 years since the events of the previous film.

Andy is now 17 years old, having graduated from high school, and is now just three days before moving out to college. After a failed long-shot attempt to make Andy notice them and possibly play with them one last time, the toys worry about their fate The toys are reluctant but commit to Woody's idea of them being stored in the attic.

The Green Army Men say that it is over and they are moving on. The Green Army Men have done their duty and Andy is all grown up. One of the Army Men tells the toys that when the trash bags come out, they will be the first ones that get to go. Sarge then says: "It has been an honor serving you. Good luck folks.

Andy, however, plans to take Woody to college with him and put the others in the attic, but after helping his sister Molly who is now a pre-teen with a box of toys which includes her Barbie doll to be donated, he leaves the bag containing his toys in the hallway, and his mother accidentally takes them to the curb, thinking it's trash.

Woody goes to save his friends trying to have Buster help, but he is too old to run fast anymore , but it turns out that the toys escaped and are hiding in the back of the Davis' car , thinking Andy wanted to throw them away. Jessie soon finds the box of Molly's toys to be donated to Sunnyside Daycare and convinces them to be donated there. Woody finds them and tries to explain to the toys that they were accidentally thrown away.

But before he can finish the explanation, Andy's mom closes the back door and drives to Sunnyside. The gang arrives at Sunnyside just as the children leave for recess. The Sunnyside toys welcome Andy's toys with open arms, including the leader of the daycare, Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear or "Lotso" , the lazy-eyed Big Baby , and a smooth-talking Ken doll, who amazingly has never encountered a Barbie doll before and instantly falls in love with Molly's who returns his feelings.

The toys are keen on starting a new life at the daycare, except for Woody, who thinks that the toys shouldn't turn their back on Andy so quickly. The toys think Woody should stay with them at Sunnyside, but Woody reluctantly leaves without them to find Andy. He escapes from Sunnyside using a kite but ends up losing his hat and getting stuck in a tree.

Woody is found and taken home by a little girl from the daycare named Bonnie Anderson , who takes him to meet her own toys: Trixie the Triceratops, Peas in a Pod , Mr. Woody spends the rest of the day being played with by Bonnie, who takes good care of her toys and plays imaginative games. Although Woody enjoys being played with again, he is still desperate to continue his search for Andy.

However, he is stopped by Chuckles, who explains to Woody the dangers of Sunnyside. However, one day, during a family trip at a rest stop, Daisy fell asleep, and her parents took her home, accidentally leaving the toys in the countryside. They eventually returned to Daisy's house , only to find that Daisy's parents bought a new Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear toy for her, leaving Lotso feeling betrayed and rejected.

Lotso went insane at the sight of this and told Chuckles and Big Baby that they'd all been replaced when in reality, only Lotso had and forced them to leave. The toys set out on their own by riding the Pizza Planet Truck , and were bumped off over at Sunnyside, where Lotso and Big Baby quickly rose to power, transforming the daycare into a toy prison, along with Chuckles before he got broken and escaped and was found by Bonnie. Woody quickly realizes that he must save his friends and get back to Andy before he leaves for college.

Meanwhile, the rest of the toys are placed in the Caterpillar Room at the daycare and are looking forward to getting played with.