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Summary: Not What It Seems!
Review: If you think this movie is racist you have to be missing the whole point of Richard Pryor.He was trying to point out the absurdity of the situation and as it turns out most of the sonics applied to the movies plot have been discussed in the following reviews after mine.It's basically a lighthearted comdedy and is definately not pro-racism.In fact in the end the KKK get what they deserve.So it is okay to like this movie-I do.
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Summary: A great movie
Review: A lot of people don't like "The Toy" for some reason, but I did. I didn't see what's not to like about the movie. Jack (Richard Pryor) is a journalist who is trying to find a good job. Eric (Scott Schwartz) is a boy who gets everything he wants, but is struggling to get along with his father. Therefore, Eric gets his dad (Jackie Gleason) to buy Jack as his toy because that's what he wants. Jack and Eric turn out to be great friends and Jack becomes a role model for Eric and teaches him some great lessons. "The Toy" is a great movie. Parts of it are hilarious and some parts have a lot of meaning to them. I recommend anybody to get "The Toy."
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Summary: A great movie
Review: A lot of people don't like "The Toy" for some reason, but I did. I didn't see what's not to like about the movie. Jack (Richard Pryor) is a journalist who is trying to find a good job. Eric (Scott Schwartz) is a boy who gets everything he wants, but is struggling to get along with his father. Therefore, Eric gets his dad (Jackie Gleason) to buy Jack as his toy because that's what he wants. Jack and Eric turn out to be great friends and Jack becomes a role model for Eric and teaches him some great lessons. "The Toy" is a great movie. Parts of it are hilarious and some parts have a lot of meaning to them. I recommend anybody to get "The Toy."
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Summary: Fitfully amusing, but ultimately sad.
Review: Anyone who doesn't cringe at the sight of the kid pointing at Richard Pryor in a store screaming "I want the black one! The BLACK ONE!" probably thinks that White Gentrification is worth considering. While Pryor and Gleason occasionally rise above the material, the overall effect of the kid treating a black man as a plaything is creepy and just plain gross. Why didn't the producers just have the kid shoot caps and yell "DANCE!" while Pryor did soft shoe and played the horn pipe? As a sad footnote: Scott Schwartz, who played the kid, is now an adult film star. I kid you not. Look on the IMDB.
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Summary: very hard to digest
Review: being a Big Richard Pryor Fan it's hard to get into this film.seeing a Black Man used as Property for laughs&whatnot is not easy to take&therefore i avoid this film.it's not something worth watching it has a few ok moments but nothing worth talking about.
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Summary: Fine if idea of a black man being bought doesn't bother you
Review: Can't say I appreciated this remake which casts a black man being bought by a southern gentleman. Since Gleason isn't southern I know it was intentional. If that doesn't bother you, the fact that they spread the message on with a trowel will.
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Summary: Such An Underrated Comedy Classic.
Review: Critics hated The Toy, but The Toy is actually quite funny, and it a very big winner is many many ways. Jackie Gleason and Richard Pryor. Two great comics...blended together in a comedy with a really bad plot, but one that 2 great comics that mkae sound better and make it alot more entertaining. The Toy is a movie about a rich spoiled boy who wants a best friend...so his rich and spoiled father gets him a 40-year old black writer to be his best friend.
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Summary: Leaves a nice warm feeling.
Review: Gleason and Pryor together in the same film. How could it miss? They have some really fine moments with the rest of the very funny cast. Some have objected to the story but if Pryor saw nothing wrong with the film I don't either. This is one of those wonderfully silly comedies from the 80s that takes me back. It's one of those films that's "never quite as funny as all that" but Pryor and Schwartz turn in good performances with eventually likeable characters. The friendship they form is great. Makes you feel good. Scott Schwartz, who plays Gleason's son Eric, said he wrote a sequel himself but it's difficult to take him seriously for obvious (and painful) reasons. He went on to do adult films but mostly as the comic relief. You might remember him in A Christmas Story as the kid who sticks to the flagpole. The anamorphic video on this DVD is top notch. I was so happy because I'd never seen it in widescreen. Some grain but this was most probably on the master copy. The sound is good and clear 2.0 stereo. I noticed an occational whine. Bonus materials consist of 3 trailers, none of which is The Toy!! ...sigh...
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Summary: Leaves a nice warm feeling.
Review: Gleason and Pryor together in the same film. How could it miss? They have some really fine moments with the rest of the very funny cast. Some have objected to the story but if Pryor saw nothing wrong with the film I don't either. This is one of those wonderfully silly comedies from the 80s that takes me back. It's one of those films that's "never quite as funny as all that" but Pryor and Schwartz turn in good performances with eventually likeable characters. The friendship they form is great. Makes you feel good. Scott Schwartz, who plays Gleason's son Eric, said he wrote a sequel himself but it's difficult to take him seriously for obvious (and painful) reasons. He went on to do adult films but mostly as the comic relief. You might remember him in A Christmas Story as the kid who sticks to the flagpole. The anamorphic video on this DVD is top notch. I was so happy because I'd never seen it in widescreen. Some grain but this was most probably on the master copy. The sound is good and clear 2.0 stereo. I noticed an occational whine. Bonus materials consist of 3 trailers, none of which is The Toy!! ...sigh...
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Summary: This Movie Is The Best!
Review: I like This Movie. I like it when Eric And Jack get together as friends, And Jackie Gleason Was Awsome too. He Played As The U.S. Bates.
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