

Some of the animation is great and some songs are unsurprisingly awesome, but... why does this exist? It's just a bit pointless

Since Pixar ruined everything by releasing Toy Story 4, every future film is just fair game to me. Jessie as the main character is great, characters weren't completely butchered like the last film did, and the message of the story was nice. It's a slight shame that most characters got sidelined again like Rex, Forky, the Potato Heads, etc. but as a whole, this was a much better experience than Toy Story 4. Also, the animation and art style on the play scenes were FANTASTIC. Pixar needs to release an entire film in that style. Need Gatto to do well next year too to show this style can thrive with large audiences.

The telephone calls are one of the best moments in all of cinema

The problem with films like this is that they'll have actors who you're 95% sure you know who they are, and then you spend the next hour trying to figure out exactly that. A good watch though!