Overview
A heartfelt adventure awaits as toys band together to escape from the clutches of daycare chaos.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- playful
- warm
- family movie night
- nostalgic rewatch
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an exceptionally polished, funny, adventurous, and deeply moving continuation that provides a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Andy preparing to leave for college drives the toys' crisis and frames the story around the end of childhood.
The toys are placed in daycare, where uncontrolled play and the daycare hierarchy turn their new home into a hostile enclosure.
Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the other toys repeatedly act as a unified group while facing the prospect of being divided or abandoned.
Pixar stages escape set pieces and daycare environments from the physical perspective of living toys, emphasizing scale, motion, and colorful detail.
Films like Toy Story 3, and why
Toy Story 2
shared animated comedy, ensemble friendship, family themes, and an emotionally resonant farewell
Finding Nemo
shared Pixar animation, coming-of-age transition, playful humor, and strong intergenerational emotional appeal
The Incredibles
shared animated adventure, ensemble camaraderie, escape-driven action, and poignant themes of change
Up
shared family animation, imaginative nonhuman characters, comic adventure, and bittersweet emotional stakes
Movie Details
- Director
- Lee Unkrich
- Release Date
- 2010-06-16
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 (16284)
Cast
- Tom Hanks
- Tim Allen
- Joan Cusack
- Don Rickles
- Wallace Shawn
- John Ratzenberger
- Estelle Harris
- Blake Clark
- Jeff Pidgeon
- Ned Beatty
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Disney Plus
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Toy Story 3 about?
- A loyal band of living toys mounts a daring daycare escape as their owner reaches the threshold of adulthood.
- What is Toy Story 3 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Toy Story 3 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Toy Story 3 violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Toy Story 3 as mild.
- What did critics think of Toy Story 3?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an exceptionally polished, funny, adventurous, and deeply moving continuation that provides a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy.
- Which films are like Toy Story 3?
- Films with a similar feel include Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Up.
- How long is Toy Story 3?
- Toy Story 3 runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch Toy Story 3?
- In United States, Toy Story 3 streams on Disney Plus.
