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The Toy

1982 · 102 min

A broad, good-natured comedy that mixes slapstick and sentiment, offering easy laughs and a warm message about friendship and family.

Directed by
Richard Donner
Genres
Comedy, Family
Tagline
When Jackie Gleason told his son he could have any present he wanted, he picked the most outrageous gift of all...Richard Pryor.
Overview
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.

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Directed by
Richard Donner
Genres
Comedy, Family
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • family
  • class
  • parenthood
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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