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The Toy | Year: 1982 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Richard Donner Actors/Actresses: - Richard Pryor - Jackie Gleason A great movie 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." Such An Underrated Comedy Classic. 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. Leaves a nice warm feeling. 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... Buy The Toy at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Toy Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Toy This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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