As with almost every Pixar movie, you can expect the tears to flow. But was Jessie's big moment earned, or a product of unearned emotional manipulation?

A sinister new tablet threatens the honest-to-goodness toys’ existence, but Buzz, Woody and Jessie’s big tech moral battle feels compromised

"Toy Story 5," in theaters Friday, builds specifically off the emotions of "Toy Story 2" and makes Jessie the lead of this toys vs. tech comedy.

Bonnie's struggle for acceptance mirrors a generation losing itself to screens