The reviews are in, and Pixar has done it again. Toy Story 5 has opened to a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes, a remarkable debut that keeps one of animation’s most beloved franchises firmly in the critical stratosphere.
The Highest-Rated Franchise In Rotten Tomatoes History
With Toy Story 5‘s score now on the board, the Toy Story series stands as the highest-rated film franchise in Rotten Tomatoes history. The numbers across the series are almost absurd: the original 1995 Toy Story and Toy Story 2 both hold perfect 100% scores, Toy Story 3 sits at 98%, and Toy Story 4 earned 97%. No other franchise with five or more films comes close to that level of critical consistency across three decades.
What The Critics Are Saying
Reviews have praised director Andrew Stanton’s handling of the film’s timely premise, which pits Bonnie’s toys against Lilypad, a smart tablet competing for her attention. Critics have singled out the film’s gorgeous paint-like animation style, its emotional handling of Jessie’s storyline, and a script that finds genuine new territory in a franchise that many assumed had said everything it had to say. Several early reactions went as far as calling it a return to the emotional heights of Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.
A Perfect Storm For Pixar
The critical reception is one piece of what has become a dream launch for the studio. Taylor Swift’s original song “I Knew It, I Knew You” debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, opening night audiences gave the film an A on CinemaScore, and the film shattered the franchise’s opening weekend record. For a fifth entry in a 30-year-old series, that combination of critical and commercial success is close to unprecedented. Toy Story 5 is in theaters now.
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