The Toy

1982

Action / Comedy

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 54% · 31 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 15396 15.4K

department store rich kid trophy wife job termination employment termination richard pryor

Plot summary

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.

Director

Richard Donner Photo
Richard Donner

Top cast

Alex Hyde-White Photo
Alex Hyde-White as Photographer
Orwin C. Harvey Photo
Orwin C. Harvey as Grand Wizard
Tony King Photo
Tony King as Clifford
Tony Burton Photo
Tony Burton as Stanley
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
935.97 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 2
1.7 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dafuzzbudd 7 / 10

Richard Pryor is a very funny man

Richard Pryor is a very funny man. This was my first experience seeing him in a movie and I will be looking for more. The movie starts out about Pryor needing to find a job. He gets hired by a rich CEO to be his kid's toy. Towards the end the plot starts to break away from what the movie initially starts to do and gets too serious and uncomfortably unfunny at times. There's a scene where they go fishing and it felt like an forced switch up of scenery.The racial humor is carried well by Pryor and made the movie overall a good watch.7/10
Reviewed by robertlauter25 7 / 10

Above Average Comedy

Is the toy Gleason or Pryor's best movie, don't make me laugh. But it shouldn't have been trashed the way it was and still is because a bunch of politically correct pseudo-intelectuals in the media resented the racial undertones. The weakest link in this movie is the script. it could have been so much better. The editing is pretty spotty too. That much said it will make you laugh, and Gleason's performance is sincere, especially during the emotional conclusion. The complaints if the child actor's performance are justified, but mcalaey caulken was awful...he's a kid. what do you expect? I feel as if this movie got a bum rap for political reasons, and that's just a shame because funny is funny and that's the bottem line.
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