The Brave Little Toaster

1987

Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 81% · 14 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 29088 29.1K

inanimate objects coming to life alarm clock musical coming of age growing up toaster

Plot summary

A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.

Director

Jerry Rees Photo
Jerry Rees

Top cast

Danny Mann Photo
Danny Mann as Taxi Car / Washing Machine / Flashlight
Phil Hartman Photo
Phil Hartman as Air Conditioner / Hanging Lamp
Pat Fraley Photo
Pat Fraley as Various
Jerry Rees Photo
Jerry Rees as Radio
720p.BluRay
829.43 MB
1066*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 33

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Terryfan 7 / 10

A movie that took a lot of courage to watch

Reviewed by Oggz 8 / 10

Warm, engaging stuff

This is excellent stuff, thank god for Channel 4 in the UK for showing it from time to time. I caught it one early morning, straight after a night of serious zonked-out clubbing - probably in the "right" frame of mind for it, you could say - and ten minutes into it I was hooked. Funny, witty, crisp and unusually dark for a cartoon kiddies story, it does work throughout, bar a couple of plodding moments. But the points the film makes and the motives it revolves around, although not new or original, are well placed and executed - companionship, callousness, bonding, slip shoddiness, arrogance, transience and loyalty are all treated in a way which justifies even the occasional lapses into exaggerated sentimentality.What's even more interesting is to see how the film works in the setting of it's own initial premise - that is, an "older" apparatus, with cruder animation, compared to the marvels of CG graphics which nowadays we take as set standards. And even there it's an overall winner, it shows that one doesn't need a high flying budget, the latest technology or big name voice characterisations to make a point and come up with a thoroughly enjoyable and heartwarming cartoon flick.Whether this will become a true children's animated classic is yet to be seen, but it's on the right path, and it's ageing really well. Recommended for pre-teens and their parents everywhere, plus just about anyone who gives it a chance. True, there are a few moments of horror which very young children might find upsetting (I myself never really got over my first viewing of "Bambi" all those years ago -even my mum was in tears) - but that's the deal.Watch it, highly recommended.
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