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.
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Small Fry
Animation · Comedy · Family · 2011
A fast food restaurant mini variant of Buzz forcibly switches places with the real Buzz and his friends have to deal with the obnoxious impostor.
Movie details
Small Fry
2011 Animation · Comedy · Family 7m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.9 / 10
Community rating
A fast food restaurant mini variant of Buzz forcibly switches places with the real Buzz and his friends have to deal with the obnoxious impostor.
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 Small Fry?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Angus MacLane
Written by
Angus MacLane · John Lasseter
Tom Hanks
Woody (voice)
Tim Allen
Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Joan Cusack
Jessie (voice)
Estelle Harris
Mrs. Potato Head (voice)
Wallace Shawn
Rex (voice)
John Ratzenberger
Hamm (voice)
Teddy Newton
Mini Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Court is in session
Put Small Fry on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
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.