Toys

PG-13

Released Dec 18, 1992

2 hr. 1 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

29%

28 Reviews

Tomatometer

39%

50,000+ Ratings

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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.

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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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SO IMPORTANT ANTIMILITAR AND SOCIAL MESSAGE DURING THESE TIMES WHEN FACISM RISE AGAIN EVERYWHERE

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/24

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Kiran S

It's a movie trapped in two places. The basis and setting seem to be a kid's movie. But the movie itself deals with very real themes and quick humour that a child likely won't appreciate. It's completely a Robin Williams, where everyone is seemingly keep up with him. That said, he's more subdued in many of his roles in terms of physical performances, but he hits every joke in the way only he can. It's one of those movies that doesn't fit nicely in a specific genre or target audience. It's a satire, a drama, a fantasy. At times the amazing visuals can distract from the story. It's also very 90's while also having a strange timeless quality to it. It's not for everyone, and adults will likely enjoy and appreciate the movie more, despite the movie being named and about toys. If you haven't seen it, it's worth a watch, it deserves that much.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/10/23

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Blu B

What in the heck did I just watch...Completely nonsensical and incoherent for 90% of the runtime. Atrociously bizarre cinematography, acting, editing, pacing and sometimes I don't even know. The main song is catchy but everything else music wise is bad including the MTV song. Tons of production value and colorful design but this never stops with the ridiculous antics and throwing insane stuff at you like the Super Mario Bros Movie. The waste of the cast and director here is just mind boggling. None of the jokes get even one laugh and are just random, nonsensical, bizarre, surreal, and aren't clever at all. Deny this exists on top of skipping it. I guess this is technically a Christmas film also and it's one of the worst Christmas films I've ever seen.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/07/23

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Stephen D

By no means one of Robins best but still just enjoyable family fun. Its not something an adult would watch generally but fun to see the kids smiling and laughing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/18/23

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Alice R

One of my favorite films. The story, the visuals, the music, all combine to create a world in which absurdity is on equal footing with what Ayn Rand considered important and relevant. A central conflict between innocence and cynicism that demonstrates the advantages of the former over the latter with multi-sensory cues. As someone who receives persistent feedback—sometimes favorable, , sometimes unfavorable—regarding the degree to which my thinking and perspective relate to "the box," I find Toys enormously comforting and encouraging. Wisdom is more than applied practicality. In fact, wisdom requires informed impracticality to be relevant.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/25/23

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Dick N

Not even Robin can keep me interested in this.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Barry Levinson

Director

Robin Williams

Leslie Zevo

Michael Gambon

Lt. General Leland Zevo

Joan Cusack

Alsatia Zevo

Robin Wright

Gwen Tyler

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Captain Patrick Zevo

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David Ansen

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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.

May 31, 2018

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: F

Sep 7, 2011

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Eddie Harrison

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

Rated: 1/5

Jan 30, 2022

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Vanessa Letts

The Spectator

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

Jul 25, 2018

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Malcolm Johnson

Hartford Courant

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

May 31, 2018

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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
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
Sound Mix: Surround