Toy Story of Terror
ABC | Release Date: October 16, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushOct 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: ABC's Toy Story of Terror! is a delightful half-hour vignette of gags, action and self-empowerment, couching its never-give-up message in terrific non-stop entertainment. Read full review
80
HollywoodChicago.comBrian TallericoOct 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: It’s a fun, holiday diversion that gives Pixar fans characters they miss, probably even more so given the films that followed their final adventure. Read full review
80
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerOct 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Once the annual avalanche of Halloween-themed episodes, specials and movies overtakes TV, you probably don't expect to be using the word "charming" very often. But charming perfectly describes one such entry, Toy Story of Terror! Read full review
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: It’s a small adventure befitting the 30-minute running time but it’s also clever in the way it ultimately puts the “Toy Story” characters in a recognizable situation, which is similar to the big-screen movies. Read full review
80
VarietyBrian LowryOct 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: Toy Story of Terror! is about a quarter the length of the average animated feature, but everything else here could easily be mistaken for the bigscreen version, from the pacing and humor to Michael Giacchino’s score. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubEmily VanDerWerffOct 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: The Toy Story franchise has always operated best with a note of existential panic, and there’s some of that here, but it feels like the special leans awfully hard on the films that gave rise to it. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydOct 16, 2013
Season 1 Review: Themes from earlier Toy Story movies are also recycled, which should bother no one. Although Woody and Buzz get their screen time--with Jessie, they are the "Jules et Jim" of computer-animated cartoons about sentient playthings--it is the plucky cowgirl, facing her fears, whose story this is. Read full review
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