It is what they call a major disappointment.

| Jun 15, 2021

The Toy" is insensitive to its material, a crude low-comedy. And a lifeless one.

| Jun 15, 2021

Pryor seems in chains in this movie, and he rarely breaks out for more than a second or two. Gleason, 66, looks remarkably good, but he is just presiding over his performance.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 15, 2021

Gleason is meant to be hilarious in his villainy, just as Ganzel is in her stupidity and sexiness, but their characters are so exaggerated that they seem merely pathetic.

| Jun 15, 2021

It is a mild disgrace that with all its resources, the film industry can't come up with a vehicle worthy of a man who is likely the most talented comedy actor of our time.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 15, 2021

Batteries apparently weren't included. You can't even wind this one up.

| Jun 15, 2021

The movie definitely belongs to Pryor, although it's no big prize to own a movie so raggedly stitched together.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 15, 2021

Inept, revolting, heavy-handed, vulgar, maudlin, stupid, insulting, and boring are just a few of the words that come to mind when describing this pathetic 100-minute endurance test.

| Jun 15, 2021

There's really no modulation from this style of facetiousness to the episodes meant to impart "serious," instructive sentiments, and the characters don't sustain much psychological integrity as they ricochet from one sequence to the next.

| Apr 23, 2018

Played straight, this could make some quite serious points about the predicament of the unemployed (Pryor as prostitute), but the film finds it easier to opt for cheap laughs.

| Feb 9, 2006

Everyone is wasted, including Mr. Gleason, who always looks as if he's just come from the barber, and Mr. Pryor, who is never at his best in such conventional circumstances, though he does try hard.

| Aug 30, 2004