The voice acting is very good excepting Bonnie. The conflict is handled entertainingly and sensitively with enough tension without going over the top on it. Would have liked more of the original characters but they are still fun and likeable without being out of character at any point.
The moral/message was delivered well, making its point without over-emphasising, and it was one that is relevant and important. The story is very sweet and charming, and really liked that it showcased Trixie who had enough of an interesting, not annoying or too sugary, personality to be a worthy lead. Loved the writing, which saw some wonderful wit in the dialogue and it was both very funny and emotive.
The music more than serves its purpose well, with the right amount of energy and charming orchestration. Such beautiful attention to detail in the backgrounds and the character designs and the colours are so vibrant. The animation is very good for a television special made on a lower budget. On the other hand, there is an awful lot to like about 'Toy Story that Time Forgot'.
Bonnie also sounds rather mature for her age and it doesn't quite gel with her character design. Part of me did feel though that 'Toy Story that Time Forgot' could have been longer than it was, which could have been used to give the original characters more screen time, and the pace can be uneven here, at times rushed. It is nowhere near Pixar at its A-game, but there is nothing really here that disgraces them or the 'Toy Story' franchise. It is instead very charming, quite cute and has enough amusing moments, a good position to be for a special released around Christmas but not really one.
'Toy Story that Time Forgot' has a very cheesy, corny title but the actual special itself is the opposite of that and it is not as muddled as it sounds. Meanwhile their best work is masterpiece level, all three 'Toy Story' films being on that level. For me, none of their work is below mediocre (even my least favourite 'Cars 3'), though that is probably not going to be a popular opinion with the post-'Toy Story 3' films getting a lot of hate. Am a big fan of Pixar, films and shorts, and the three 'Toy Story' films (the first of which being ground-breaking) are among my favourites from them as far as their feature films go.
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