• Tin Toy (1988)

    *** (out of 4)

    Oscar-winning short from Pixar has an extremely ugly, destructive and drooling baby breaking many of his toys. One particular toy decides he doesn't want drool on him and he doesn't want to be destroyed so he tries to make a getaway. This is a pretty nice little short that does a lot of very good things. What I liked most was the actual story, which is pretty reasonable as I'm sure kids would look scary to a small toy. That's the entire gimmick here and it works for many good laughs. The over sized baby comes off as a Godzilla like monster and this was a nice touch. I'm not sure if they meant to make the baby so ugly but it does work well with the story. I loved the entire sequence under the furniture where other toys have also found a hiding space. The early animation is certainly enjoyable if very simple.