Lightyear Reviews Say This Fun Adventure Doesn’t Reach Toy Story Quality

Lightyear Reviews Say This Fun Adventure Doesn’t Reach Toy Story Quality

Rachel Leishman, The Mary Sue

Lightyear does a great job of giving us an understanding of why Andy would suddenly love this Buzz Lightyear toy more than he does Woody the Cowboy, who had been with him from the start.

David Ehrlich, indieWire

Bursting onto the big screen with huge “this project was announced during a shareholders meeting” energy, Lightyear is exactly the kind of gratuitous property-mining that corporate streamers were invented to support.

Ross Bonaime, Collider

Lightyear is still an extremely fun action sci-fi film that is better than most animated films released in a given year, and will bring a smile to fans of this character. But it also is the first time a Toy Story film has truly felt inessential.

Tasha Robinson, Polygon

The Pixar craft is on full display, as MacLane and his team fill the screen with a polished, immersive world full of emotive, likable characters. But they’re up against so many past Pixar successes that mine similar emotions and ideas.

Kyle Anderson, Nerdist

While Lightyear plays like a fun, surprisingly heady science fiction adventure, its references (and subversions) of Toy Story lore actually hold it back from true Pixar greatness.

Robert Daniels, Inverse

If you’re looking for a movie that’ll conjure the imagination in the same way Toy Story did, then you’ll leave disappointed.

Scott Mendelson, Forbes

Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ is just good enough to justify its artistic experience despite obviously crass commercial motivations.

Currently, Lightyear is sitting at an impressive 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, although that is quite a bit lower than the Toy Story films, with the lowest one being Toy Story 4 at 97%. Lightyear appears to be coming in on the low end of Pixar ratings on the site as well, only sitting above all three Cars films, Brave, The Good Dinosaur, and Monster’s University. However, in a studio that is filled with all-time classics that are beloved by audiences of all ages and has only one film in their entire filmography that earned a rotten rating (Cars 2), Lightyear is still going to end up on the positive side among critics.

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Lightyear is Pixar’s grand return to cinemas after Disney chose to release the studio’s last three films – Soul, Luca, and Turning Red – as Disney+ originals. All three of those films scored high praise from critics with 95%, 91%, and 94% respectively on Rotten Tomatoes, with some calling Turning Red one of Pixar’s best. While Lightyear may not live up to the high expectations placed upon it as both a Pixar film and a Toy Story film, it appears it accomplishes what it sets out to do and make an exciting science fiction film that will capture and captivate young audience members.

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Lightyear Reviews Say This Fun Adventure Doesn’t Reach Toy Story Quality

Rachel Leishman, The Mary Sue

Lightyear does a great job of giving us an understanding of why Andy would suddenly love this Buzz Lightyear toy more than he does Woody the Cowboy, who had been with him from the start.

David Ehrlich, indieWire

Bursting onto the big screen with huge “this project was announced during a shareholders meeting” energy, Lightyear is exactly the kind of gratuitous property-mining that corporate streamers were invented to support.

Ross Bonaime, Collider

Lightyear is still an extremely fun action sci-fi film that is better than most animated films released in a given year, and will bring a smile to fans of this character. But it also is the first time a Toy Story film has truly felt inessential.

Tasha Robinson, Polygon

The Pixar craft is on full display, as MacLane and his team fill the screen with a polished, immersive world full of emotive, likable characters. But they’re up against so many past Pixar successes that mine similar emotions and ideas.

Kyle Anderson, Nerdist

While Lightyear plays like a fun, surprisingly heady science fiction adventure, its references (and subversions) of Toy Story lore actually hold it back from true Pixar greatness.

Robert Daniels, Inverse

If you’re looking for a movie that’ll conjure the imagination in the same way Toy Story did, then you’ll leave disappointed.

Scott Mendelson, Forbes

Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ is just good enough to justify its artistic experience despite obviously crass commercial motivations.

Currently, Lightyear is sitting at an impressive 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, although that is quite a bit lower than the Toy Story films, with the lowest one being Toy Story 4 at 97%. Lightyear appears to be coming in on the low end of Pixar ratings on the site as well, only sitting above all three Cars films, Brave, The Good Dinosaur, and Monster’s University. However, in a studio that is filled with all-time classics that are beloved by audiences of all ages and has only one film in their entire filmography that earned a rotten rating (Cars 2), Lightyear is still going to end up on the positive side among critics.

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Lightyear is Pixar’s grand return to cinemas after Disney chose to release the studio’s last three films – Soul, Luca, and Turning Red – as Disney+ originals. All three of those films scored high praise from critics with 95%, 91%, and 94% respectively on Rotten Tomatoes, with some calling Turning Red one of Pixar’s best. While Lightyear may not live up to the high expectations placed upon it as both a Pixar film and a Toy Story film, it appears it accomplishes what it sets out to do and make an exciting science fiction film that will capture and captivate young audience members.

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Sources: Various [see links above]

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