The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

This animated, feature-length "Kiddie" film is definitely cute-cute-cute, but, then again, it certainly could have been a whole lot better, too.

Of course, all of your favorite electrical appliances are here, including - Toaster, Lampy, Radio, Kirby, and Blanky - And this tale is to be their bravest adventure yet.

Robbie, the master's baby, has been mysteriously beamed up to Mars. It's now up to our heroes, plus a houseful of new friends, like a fan, and a microwave, to reach the stars and bring the little tyke safely back home to Earth.

This is a delightful, little tale that overflows with friendship and courage.

So, get ready for a fun-filled mission with the brave, little Toaster, and all of his cool friends!

Even though I must confess that the premise for the movie still makes my head hurt. It just seemed mind-boggling to have a bunch of household appliances zooming off on a popcorn-powered spaceship made from a fan and a laundry basket.

I can't say more than that simply to avoid spoilers, but since the original movie had an interestingly layered storyline where the plot seemed strangely plausible despite the absurdity of living appliances, this was just too bizarre to awaken the same feelings in me. The songs here are also pretty forgettable, but not awful.

But with all that said, I actually found some satisfaction in the new character of Tinselina who had a decently touching character arc being a Christmas ornament never been used on a Christmas tree. And despite the out of this world premise that's what the movie is about, having a purpose and commiting to it instead of denying oneself.

My son likes this movie, particularly the music. I have no strong feelings about it one way or another, except that the adults seem to be far too wide-awake and cheerful to be the parents of a new baby. My favourite part was hearing DeForrest Kelley as the voice of the Viking spacecraft.

When I first saw this movie, I felt it was not very good at all: a thin plot, new characters with no introduction, and so on.

But then I saw Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue. If you watch Rescue between the original film and this one, then this one makes a lot more sense.

Let me just say that the original "the Brave Little Toaster" is *still* one of the most charming animated features I've ever seen. It is, by turns, adorable, funny, sweet, and thrilling, and it didn't surprise me at all that some of its production team went on to produce "Toy Story", another one of my favorites.

With all that said, this sequel has some really big circuits to fill. It is a big disapointment. It's cute but instantly forgettable, and while the first movie had fantastic music (the score is one of the most hauntingly beautiful I've ever heard for an animated film), the songs in this outing will *really* make your toes curl. As if that wasn't enough to insult us fans of the original movie, for some reason they didn't think we'd notice that Radio has a different voice and that Chris and Computer have been totally redesigned (for the worse). What does it say that the best part of the video is the preview for "Kiki's Delivery Service"? Go watch that movie instead.