Toys

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Toys

PG-13,

1992,

2h 1m,

Comedy/

Drama

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27%

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39%

50,000+ Ratings

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39%

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A hi-tech toy factory falls into the hands of an army general who turns the models into killing machines. The deceased owner's children know what's afoot and, although apparently powerless, have to find a way of bringing down the nightmarish empire that is being constructed under their noses.

Critics Consensus

Like a colorfully overengineered gewgaw on the shelf, Toys might look like fun, but its seemingly limitless possibilities lead mainly to confusion and disappointment.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

May 31, 2018

The failure of Barry Levinson's Toys is of a different order: it's the kind of folly only a very fine filmmaker could make, a labor of misguided love.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

2.5/4

The production design deserves Academy recognition. But at the most fundamental level, Toys is a film not quite sure what it's about.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jan 30, 2022

1/5

...a few bursts of motor-mouthed comedy aren't enough to save Williams' man-child stick here...

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Vanessa Letts

The Spectator

Jul 25, 2018

No child I know would benefit from seeing this work, and certainly no adult.

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Malcolm L. Johnson

Hartford Courant

May 31, 2018

Robin Williams and Barry Levinson romp hand-in-hand through the wonderful, wacky world of whimsical surrealism

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

Sep 7, 2017

3/5

Whether it's a glorious, intoxicating failure or a dire, unwatchable failure is right down to personal taste.

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Ron W

Sep 24, 2018

In my opinion, this film is massively underrated, maybe simply because my taste is different than most other people's. First of all, it's meant to be absurd and I can surely say that not everyone enjoys surreal, weird stuff. The beauty of this film is its aesthetics, there's creepy toys, there's crazy interiors and hauntingly empty landscapes that look like surrealist paintings, all filled with bizarre childlike characters. When you add music by Hans Zimmer and Trevor Horn on top (for those who like 80's sound), and you have a pleasure for the eyes.

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Luke R

Sep 2, 2018

Barry Levinson's labour of love about the battle royal of a war toy-making militarist and his peaceable toy designer nephew is a vividly variegated muddle aspiring to be a fun riot.

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Harry R

Aug 31, 2018

One of worst movies ever seen.. story didnt work,

Abraham R

Mar 22, 2018

one of the worst movies i have ever seen. not funny at all. dont waste the time. .

Hagrid L

Dec 17, 2017

I don't understand the hate. A surrealistic dream poem that is so pertinent in our currently militarized over masculinized society.

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Abraham S

Dec 13, 2017

Movie was way too long. You can feel it lagging and it gets boring.

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Synopsis

A hi-tech toy factory falls into the hands of an army general who turns the models into killing machines. The deceased owner's children know what's afoot and, although apparently powerless, have to find a way of bringing down the nightmarish empire that is being constructed under their noses.

Director: Barry Levinson
Producer: Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson
Screenwriter: Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Baltimore Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 1992, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.3M
Runtime: 2h 1m
Sound Mix: Surround

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