Even as the franchise continues to grow, Toy Story 2 remains a prime example of a rare sequel that improves on its already excellent original.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Nov 20, 2024

Toy Story 2 sends audiences into an unforgettable world that may be made of plastics, but it nevertheless exudes significant emotion and crackles with comical wit.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 18, 2023

It’s a masterpiece, as all the TS movies are, one full of stark wisdom, deep heart and manic whimsy.

| Jul 6, 2022

... actually livelier and funnier than the original "Toy Story," filled with clever pop culture in-jokes and spirited parodies for the grown-ups as it explores issues of identity and loyalty among toys.

| Apr 26, 2022

This exquisite, worthy sequel even goes so far as to have fake bloopers at the picture's close.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 25, 2020

A superior sequel...

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 4, 2019

Toy Story 2 shows how pop art can disarm your loftiest objections with unexpected wit and genuine insight. "Magical" describes it but not its aspects that are superlatively humane.

| Jul 1, 2019

That rare sequel that lives up to the high standards of its predecessor.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 20, 2019

"Toy Story 2" offers as much fun as audiences are likely to have in movie theaters this season.

| Original Score: 4/4 | May 30, 2019

Mostly I just love spending time with these characters.

| Original Score: A+ | Apr 26, 2019

Basically The Godfather: Part II of animated features, Toy Story 2 is a sequel that transcends its predecessor and plants the idea that carries the rest of Pixar's greatest franchise.

| Mar 26, 2019

No parent who's been roped into leading the troops to a matinee need fear being bored: gags are, Simpsons-like, conceived to tickle several generations at once.

Full Review | Aug 6, 2012

Toy 2 is colorful and funny, and the computer-animation from Pixar Animation Studios creates a convincingly detailed environment for the toys.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 6, 2012

Toy Story 2 is a brilliant example of that rarest of Hollywood phenomena a sequel to a major hit film thats as good, if not better, than the original.

Full Review | Aug 6, 2012

Pixar's 1995 Toy Story and its superlative 1999 sequel ushered in the supremacy of computer-generated animation.

| Aug 6, 2012

Filmgoers will need to remind themselves that [the characters were] created by a computer -- not exactly a medium we associate with this kind of love, tenderness and care.

| Aug 6, 2012

They've done it again. The folks who brought you 'Toy Story now present Toy Story 2, another clever, riotous tale of life in the toy lane.

| Aug 6, 2012

Pixar, the animation studio that teamed with Disney for both movies, has broken technological ground since the first Toy Story, and TS2 shows off its newest expertise with one smart visual joke after another.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 6, 2012

It's a tough act to follow, but director John Lasseter and his Pixar crew have done about as well as can be expected with Toy Story 2.

| Aug 6, 2012

It's playtime for viewers of all ages.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 6, 2012