The production design of "Toys" is incredible. Ferdinando Scarfiotti creates a magical world that seems dissociated from time and space. If the script was at the same level this would be a great movie, but it's not. Robin Williams is ideally cast as the eternal child, but his ad-libbing is not as funny as, say, his voice work in the same year's "Alladin" (it's also eerie now to hear him making jokes about Michael Jackson, given both their fates). Joan Cusack gives a wonderful performance, and the final battle of the toys is pretty epic. On the other hand, a nearly 30-minute action climax kind of contradicts the movie's pacifist message. **1/2 out of 4.
Review of Toys
