If you are hoping to declutter toys - be warned! Gosh the nostalgia and emotion it creates around toys is mindboggling. It worries me a little, because I feel we already have a tendency to value things more than people. I don't like these adverts for toys where the kid is on their own all the time, reading with a talking book or talking doll or barking puppy. Sure they are fun sometimes, but no substitute for human interaction!
At the end of the movie, I guess there's a bit of 'props' for finding new homes/donating, but still.
The other thing is, it's really, really scary in parts. I don't know why Disney insists on scaring the **** out of little kids - there's no reason for it to be THAT dramatic.
I'm in two minds. I saw a comment somewhere along the lines of "ode to commercialism". I wouldn't go quite that far; perhaps if Buzz and Woody had really been generic toys that weren't the subject of massive merchandising campaigns, it'd be easier to see it otherwise. Nostalgia for childhood and the simple affection we had for a favorite stuffed toy. But it does recognize that we grow up and move on.
I'm a bit tired, so excuse the lack of coherent analysis!
