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Toys

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Original title

Toys

Year

1992

Running time

118 min.

Country

United States

Director

Barry Levinson

Screenwriter

Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson

Cast

Music

Hans Zimmer, Trevor Horn

Cinematography

Adam Greenberg

Producer

20th Century Fox, Baltimore Pictures

Genre

Comedy | Family-friendly

Synopsis

From a distance, it looks as if a large, mischievous child scattered his building blocks across the green rolling hills. Over them, a guardian elephant trumpets a snowstorm.
Inside is a world of things which whiz, whistle, wiggle, waddle, clang, bonk, plop, splat, bellow, and toot. The walls are limericks of iridescent color and harlequin design. A roller coster corridor leads to an assembly line, where workers cavort around carousels capped with gigantic heads of dolls and animals. On the factory floor is New York's Central Park on Christmas Eve, complete with carolers, elves, reindeer and tiny planes, skimming the skyline, parachuting presents for the staff of Zevo Toys. Kenneth Zevo founded the firm in the firm conviction that to make playthings work, work should be play. The lesson wasn't lost on his son, Leslie, who takes only one thing seriously: Take nothing seriously. As he saunters through the plant, in a coat that karaokes in several tongues, he beams at the bounty of his father's lifelong dream of "squeezable fun for everyone." TOYS is a comedy about a whimsical toy maker, played by Robin Williams, who must save his father's toy factory from the clutches of the General, his demented uncle.

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Awards: 1992: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Art Direction, Costume Design

1992: Nominated for Razzie Awards: Worst Director

1993: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

1992: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): 6 nominations

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Critics' reviews

"A riot of confused, clever and dazzling moments (...) you will be captivated or enraged (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Angie Errigo: Empire
"The production design deserves Academy recognition. But at the most fundamental level, Toys is a film not quite sure what it's about (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"As for Williams, he's a warm actor in an oddly cold movie, and his presence certainly doesn't make things worse. But Toys doesn't call for anything new from him"

Mick LaSalle: SFgate
"The film has no consistent vision. Even worse, it's not very funny."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times

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