With any sequel, the question becomes necessity. It is not a question whether the 5th movie in the Toy Story franchise is good. It is more if it needs to be. "Toy Story 3" still is the pinnacle in what it did because of the stakes and the angst that permeated in the path of these toys. “Toy Story 5” does address a different world than 4 did in 2019...and things have changed...but the question of course becomes motivation.

"Lightyear" knows what it wants to be and it has it down pat. It needs to be something different from the "Toy Story" movies and that is clear from the outset. It is a film about inspiration and forming a found family, warts and all. That is what "Toy Story" was about.