The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

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It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

This is by far one of the darkest movies I've ever watched. Within the first 10 minutes of the movie witness the delusions of Stockholm Syndrome. Not long after, comes the complete meltdown of a war vet alienated by PTSD. "IT'S MY FUNCTION," as he puts it.Continue watching for allusions toward the superficial and lonely stage of a Hollywood star (or should I say, flower), organ trade (pawnshop), and my favorite part of the movie where a junkyard, featuring the song, "Worthless" serves metaphor to retirement homes.Retirement homes are presented as a junkyard in this movie. Think long and hard about that before calling this a children's movie.The antagonist is a child, "Master" of a group of home appliances each suffering from unique mental illnesses including but not limited narcissism, anxiety/panic attacks, depression, dissociative identity disorder, and co-dependency.It's a disturbing tale brilliantly disguised as a children's movie.

Amazing movie with a great story. story: A bunch of house supplies are worrying about their owner because he hasn't returned home in a long time. so toaster, blanky ( my favorite character),lampy,radio and kirby the hoover decide to go find him. This movie has a lot of amazing but sad/scary moments (which is good) SPOILERS: these include toaster having a dream about the master being dragged by a hand made out of smoke then a clown saying "run" in a creepy tone. also a sad scene is where cars are being picked up by a magnet and being crushed by a giant thingy while they all sing about their death. that might sound bad but the movie is Really GOOD GO SEE IT GO SEE IT WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? WATCH IT!!!

"The Brave Little Toaster" is another epic journey-type kids movie that I absolutely fell in love with when I first saw it as a small child. The appliance characters are all great and it is cool to see something other than animals for characters. They were all such likable characters. Who couldn't love Toaster? He has such a great heart and is a good hero for kids who watch this film.As I said, this is a good journey film and it feels amazing to accompany the gang on their quest to find their master.I applaud this film by including some darker moments despite the fact that it's a kids movie. When the toaster sacrifices himself to save the kid, I cried. But scenes like that make a great movie and make it powerful. I will always remember "The Brave Little Toaster" and will always love it. It is a film that everyone should see as a child.

I remember seeing this 1987 animated feature many times during my childhood in the 1990's, and it was definitely a unique experience! I saw a good bunch animated Disney flicks as a kid, from different eras, and I would say "The Brave Little Toaster" is by far the least Disney-like of them all! However, I guess it isn't really a Disney flick. It was released by Walt Disney Pictures, but was produced by Hyperion Pictures. Obviously, that explains a lot. Anyway, sometime within the past four years or so, I watched it for the first time probably since the 90's, and finally, once again last night. Like a number of films that were actually produced by Disney, this Hyperion Pictures production is a decent family adventure that has held up well for me in recent years.In a rural cottage, a group of living, anthropomorphic appliances reside: Toaster, an electric blanket named Blanky, a lamp named Lampy, Radio, and a vacuum cleaner named Kirby. They used to see their "master," a young boy named Rob, every summer when he came to the cottage with his family on vacation, but they haven't seen him in a while. They wonder if he will ever come back to this house in the woods, or if they've been abandoned. When they see a for sale sign put up in front of the house, the Toaster decides to lead the rest of the appliances on a journey to find their "master." After getting the reluctant Kirby to agree to come along, and a bit of a struggle to find means of transportation, the five of them set off on a trek through the country to the city where Rob lives. Their journey does not turn out to be easy, however, as they experience conflict and life-threatening situations on the way! After watching this cartoon again after a long time, there are certain negative aspects I can point out. Some of the voice acting is a little weak, sometimes with Deanna Oliver as Toaster, with lines such as, "It's the blanket," and especially the voice for Blanky (though I'm sure Timothy E. Day, whoever he was/is and whatever happened to him, was just a little kid at the time, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much). I also didn't care much for the part where the cottage air conditioner loses his temper and blows up. However, there's definitely a lot I still like. Most of the voice acting is good, including the voice-overs from two "Saturday Night Live" stars, Jon Lovitz as Radio and the late Phil Hartman as Air Conditioner (an imitation of Jack Nicholson) and the Hanging Lamp in the shop (based on Peter Lorre). There are definitely funny parts as well, often involving the conflict between Lampy and Radio. The part with appliance shop owner Elmo St. Peters can also be funny (it's sad to know that Joe Ranft, the multi-talented man who provided this character's voice, died in a car accident in 2005), and so can some of the characters that appear later in the film. There's some really good animation here as well, plus some good songs, such as "City of Light" and "Worthless", and the characters get into some very interesting situations on their journey.There are lots of popular animated films featuring anthropomorphic animals, but anthropomorphic appliances? This is definitely something unusual and bizarre! I haven't read Thomas M. Disch's book of the same name, which this movie is based on (I never even knew it was based on a book until just before my most recent viewing), but I'm sure it's very similar. "The Brave Little Toaster" is probably not quite what you would usually expect from an animated family adventure movie. It has a rather strange, eerie feel to it, which I found when I was a kid and still find now, even though it has never really scared me. Mind you, there are parts that could scare little kids, such as Toaster's nightmare with the evil clown. I feel I should warn parents about that. Nonetheless, despite its moments of horror, this movie clearly has entertained many kids over the years, and can probably appeal to many adults as well, even if the idea of anthropomorphic appliances sounds childish.