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Actors: Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright Penn, LL Cool J
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Toys |
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At the Zevo Toys factory, owned by aging man-child Kenneth Zevo (Donald O'Connor), all is well. The company makes lots of money selling its uniquely designed, pacifist toys, and the employees are so happy that they literally sing and dance in the hallways.
When Ken Zevo dies of a heart attack, however, things take a turn for the worst. Believing that his son Leslie (Robin Williams) and daughter Alsatia (Joan Cusack) are not ready to take over the business, he hands it over to his brother, Lt. General Leland Zevo (Michael Gambon), who had gone into the family business.
General Zevo, it quickly develops, is several crayons short of a full box. He changes the company's focus toward war toys for the first time in its history and, when he hears about the practice of industrial espionage, he imports cadres of jackbooted thugs, led by his commando son (LL Cool J), to patrol the halls.
Leslie doesn't want to get involved, but when he realizes that the General's plan extends to the marketing of miniaturized military weapons, he teams up with his sister, Gwen (Robin Wright Penn), an employee with whom he is infatuated, and Owen Owens (Arthur Malet), his dad's former assistant, to stop the General before he can soil the name of Zevo Toys.
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Toys |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Kind of comedy
- adults acting eccentric
How much humor v. drama
- Lot of humor, but significant serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- business executive
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
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