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Lightyear

Lightyear

Animation · Science Fiction · Family · 2022

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.

Movie details

Lightyear

“Infinity awaits.”

2022 Animation · Science Fiction · Family 1h 45m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.1 / 10

134.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

74 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

60 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Lightyear?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Angus MacLane

Written by

Jason Headley · Angus MacLane · Matthew Aldrich

Chris Evans

Chris Evans

Buzz Lightyear (voice)

Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer

Izzy Hawthorne (voice)

Peter Sohn

Peter Sohn

SOX (voice)

Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi

Mo Morrison (voice)

Dale Soules

Dale Soules

Darby Steel (voice)

James Brolin

James Brolin

Zurg (voice)

Uzo Aduba

Uzo Aduba

Alisha Hawthorne (voice)

Court is in session

Put Lightyear on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.