"Toy Story 4" is a Tearjerker.

***SPOILERS AHEAD***

From the moment the movie kicked in I was ready to cry. The first scene started with "9 years ago" and showed the relationship between Bo Peep (Annie Potts) and Woody (Tom Hanks) as well as showing Woody's bond with Andy (John Morris/Jack McGraw). It was the heartbreaking moment when Bo was given away and had to say goodbye to Woody. It jumped back to present day where the toys now belong to Bonnie (Madeleine McGraw), the only thing is Woody is no longer being played with. Throughout the whole movie you see the toll this has taken on Woody, where he once used to be the favorite toy and is now not even getting a morsel of attention.

Woody goes out of his way to try and protect Bonnie's "new toy" Forky (Tony Hale), a plastic spork Bonnie decorated in class. Forky keeps trying to throw himself out and eventually hurls himself out the window of Bonnie's moving RV. Woody follows and saves Forky before having to walk 5 miles back to the RV park. On that walk Woody tells Forky all about his life with Andy and how incredible it was. It's only a matter of time before they stumble upon an antique shop and Woody spots Bo Peep's lamp.

From there, the plot really takes off and engages in action. Something I personally loved that we saw was the character development of Bo Peep from the first movie to now. In the first film Bo wasn't even a secondary character, but rather a very small role as Woody's love interest, in this you see she's actually incredible. She is a "lost toy" and pretty much a badass. She doesn't want the life with a kid anymore, she wants adventure and despise the antique store. I can't say enough how much I loved what the writers did with her character.

Now to finally talk about the animation, Toy Story was a breakthrough and massive achievement in modern day animation, so it's only expected that Toy Story 4 is beautifully animated. The colors and dimension of everything is breathtaking, it also doesn't skip out on details to make the process faster. Most animated movies don't bother having anything moving in the background because it takes far longer to do, they just focus on the main goal of the scene, however Toy Story 4 didn't. From the first scene with the intense rain you could see that the skilled animation was there. Throughout most of the movie a very intricate and detailed antique store is present as well as a busy carnival which requires a lot of attention to detail, and they did it absolutely flawlessly.

The film was also not short on hidden Easter eggs. The ones I spotted were a man with a Pizza Planet tattoo, the grape soda cap from Up, Bing Bongs rocket for sale from Inside Out, and I know that there's a ton more I missed.

When the movie wrapped up I was in tears. This movie seems as if it is the conclusion to the epic and beloved series. It ends with a heartwarming goodbye between the toys. Woody decides that Bonnie doesn't need him anymore and wants to be with Bo Peep. He bids a farewell to the toys he's known all his life as they drive away and Woody is left as a lost toy. The last line of the film is the toys talking to Buzz (Tim Allen), "So, does this mean Woody is a lost toy now?" to which Buzz replies, "No, he's not lost anymore". It's a heartbreaking moment to cap off the nostalgia filled film.

Leave a comment with you thoughts and what other Easter eggs you found!