toy story 3

Toy Story 3 does what the third (and should have been final) installments of the Godfather and Star Wars trilogies couldn't: it put a proper bookend on a longer story. This presumably final visit with the toys that launched Pixar as a feature-film company in 1995 is not quite as good as the first two movies as a caper, but it is the most emotional of the three movies.

Pixar has never talked down to its audience, but with its recent string of films, Pixar has begun talking up to its audience. Much faith is invested in the ability of the audience to connect with a story rather than a concept. Based on the box office take, it's working.