Its often brought up how a lot of childhood movies are surprisingly dark. Most of the claims are a bit exaggerated, but The Brave Little Toaster truly is a bit morbid. I know friends who were afraid of it as kids! At its heart, its not an important tale. A boy leaves his favorite appliances behind, and they want to find him. You've got the friendly, confident toaster, a tough vacuum, a shy electric blanket, an unconfident lamp, and a snappy radio. They're not complex, but they're likable, and have their moments.Two things prevent it from being a typical children's movie. First of all, as I said, its pretty dark. It has loneliness, nightmares, and what's essentially death. Its not a horror film by any means, but it does have some creepiness to it. Secondly, its musical numbers are quite catchy. When these are combined together, you've got the song "Worthless". Its one of the best songs I've seen in a movie, and makes the film "worthy" alone.I wouldn't call it great, but for a kid's movie about a toaster, its very watchable. If you're in the mood, its a nice movie to watch once.

A+ An air conditioner that commits suicide? A vacuum that thinks about hanging himself? A fat guy in a monster truck who harvests the character appliances' organs? A junkyard where cars sing about being executed by crushing and dismemberment?I will forever love this movie. It's a great kid's film, but there are plenty of hidden themes for adults if you look closely enough at it. Out of all the Disney movies, I think it's one of the more obscure ones compared to the overly popular ones you always see on lunch boxes, T-shirts, and what not. That's the beauty of it. Any fan of film can easily tell the same writers here would go on to work on the Toy Story series, especially when in comparison with the recent "Toy Story 3". The due credit starts right there, but it only continues on with an awesome voice cast. My favorites would definitely be Thurl Ravenscroft as Kirby and Jon Lovitz as The Radio. Each character is pretty distinct, and the story allows each their moment to be a hero.The artwork style has a nice aged look to it, and can be quite menacing at times. In fact, I'd say more often than not the atmosphere and lighting is quite dark. This goes right along with the aforementioned themes, which are prevalent throughout the film; themes of solitude, the need for companionship, which coincide with truly bizarre, cold and heart-breaking scenes. One of the few moments in film history to ever actually draw tears from me is the flower scene. It was strikingly depressing, making one almost subconsciously ask themselves if life without intimacy is worth living at all. Another theme I noticed, and appreciated just as much as if not more, is the very important message of not forsaking the antiquity of life. All of this helped along by a score that is dark, adventurous and mysterious all at once. Done by David Newman , it always heightens the mood of the film. Plus the songs by Van Dyke Parks are really well done and quite catchy. My favorite would definitely be "Worthless." I must definitely recommend "Brave little Toaster" to anyone who wants to experience a truly unique animated film, to me a classic and one of the best of all time.

The Brave Little Toaster was no doubt my favorite cartoon film as a kid (around 4 or 5 years old), I probably watched it at least 100 times, mainly with my same age best friend. The entire movie from beginning to end is one of those classic Disney adventures start to stop, and it truly holds true to that time late 80's animation where they weren't afraid to spook kids out a bit, or make people feel sad in a movie, or just draw really imaginative, fluid things. I do compare it to Toy Story, although it reminds me more of Homeward Bound.The one cool thing, is like Toy Story, is that I would say this movie dives into 'scary' more than most children's films, also like The Rescuers and Once Upon A Forest. No doubt this movie is also a very bright, classic story, but this movie really twists and turns all over the place in such a great way. Even at 20 years old, I still personally love the really random Alice In Wonderland feel to it, the characters really and truly go through so many different feelings, settings, and movie genres that I think it's a great movie that truly introduces kids to many types of films; drama, adventure, family, spooky, etc etc. In a way, it's a movie that I think the boys enjoy a little more than the girls, and since every cartoon aimed at boys today has to do with robots or digimon, I have to say that The Brave Little Toaster was indeed more imaginative and fun to grow up on than asain anime garbage.

It's been a while since I've seen The Brave Little Toaster. Probably since I was under 10, so around 15+ years ago. It was always a favorite of mine and whenever I talk with people about favorite childhood flicks, The Brave Little Toaster is always brought up, whether by me or someone I'm with. So when I had the opportunity to re-watch it, I sprang to the chance. And not surprisingly it's still a fantastic movie.The story of Toaster, Kirby (Vaccum), Lamp, Radio, Blanket and their journey to find their Master. Their Master was a little boy who used and cared for them. After years have passed with time and time again of disappointment the five friends travel the country-side and try to conquer amazing obstacles. Only their friendship, and the willingness to find their master is their only hope of making and surviving the arduous journey.As I watched it, it was remarkable that I remembered almost every single scene as it played out. With social commentary (which I had no clue about back then), emotional scenes (the flower and it's reflection) and even scary as heck clowns (probably a big reason IT scared the heck outta me as well), the flick delivers an unbelievable amount of entertainment. And I haven't even talked about Phil Hartman, the songs, John Lovitz and the amazing humor.Back when I was watching Secret of the NIMH, Transformers, He-Man, The Care Bears, Fraggle Rock etc. only a few do I always consistently mention as being timeless classics and without a doubt, The Brave Little Toaster is one of the best and one of my favorite children animations flicks of all time.