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Title: Painfully bad!
Review: Yes, this was director Barry Levinson's pet project. He wrote the script in the 70's; but didn't have the clout to get it made until the early 90's. Some pet projects, however, are better just left on the shelf. Despite a top flight director, a marketable and whimisical star, marvelous sets, and one of the most unique trailers in movie history, "Toys" was a failure.Why? Well, the script with its anti-military message might have worked in the post-Vietnam 70's; but it was woefully out of sorts with the post-Gulf War 90's. Also the film is almost entirely a lesson of style over substance. The sets are great; but there is little going on within them except Robin Williams being really, REALLY annoying. "Toys" is dull, pointless, bewildering, anachronistic, and just painful to watch.
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