![]() But what makes "Toy Story 3" cartoon canon fodder is its emotional core. You'll be fine.") When they don't, they conjure that sense of "magic" that all commercial art aimed at children strives for but is most often overshot. (Plunked down in a group of actorly toys, Woody is assured by a stuffed unicorn, "We do a lot of improv here. The best, funniest moments-in a script penned by four Pixar veterans, including studio chief John Lasseter-come often from an adult's sensibility. The pop-culture references are clever enough to feel fresh, even when they tread on well-worn turf ("Star Wars," Ken and Barbie). There is a lot in "Toy Story 3" that entertains. Heartbroken, they steal away to a nearby daycare center that seems, at first, like a paradise of constant affection compared to the cooling relationship they left back at home. He hasn't played with his toys in years and even refers to them once as "junk." When Andy's mother mistakes an attic-bound garbage bag for rubbish, the toys' faith in their beloved owner is shaken. Only in "Toy Story 3," Andy is 17 and about to head to college. Woody (voiced once again by Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), and their anthropomorphic toy friends are separated by mishap from young Andy, their owner, and must make their way back to him. Pixar's almost speed bump–free track record (sorry, "Cars") dates back to its first picture: 1995's "Toy Story." The third-and presumably final-installment in the studio's signature franchise is driven by the same basic plot element that guided the first two. They also make money by the crateful-defying the conventional, cynical wisdom that the best a film driven by a strong artistic vision can achieve in the marketplace is niche success. ![]() Its films are better-written, more visually stunning, more emotionally moving, more thought provoking, more socially aware than 99 percent of the rest of what Hollywood insists on offering the public-and what the public, if this year's box office is to be believed, insists on sending back to the kitchen. Pixar makes the best movies of any American studio.
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