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- 1982
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
- 1982
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
Summary An underemployed reporter (Richard Pryor) finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
Directed By: Richard Donner
Written By: Francis Veber, Carol Sobieski
- 1982
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
- 1982
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
The Toy
16
User Score
Generally Favorable
7.0
Summary An underemployed reporter (Richard Pryor) finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
Directed By: Richard Donner
Written By: Francis Veber, Carol Sobieski
Top Cast
Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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13% Positive
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13% Mixed
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75% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
16
13% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
13% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
75% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
The Toy would improve with a little tinkering. Still, it's surefire family fare. [10 Dec 1982, p.23]
Played straight, this could make some quite serious points about the predicament of the unemployed (Pryor as prostitute), but the film finds it easier to opt for cheap laughs.
The Toy, starring Richard Pryor, is a coarsened American remake of a deft French comedy of the same title, which starred Pierre Richard and passed this way five or six years ago. Fluctuating wildly between facetiousness and solicitude, the new version never comes close to reproducing the sane, lightweight charms of the original.
A dreadful remake of the French farce LE JOUET (1976), THE TOY is poorly written, over-directed, and filled with sophomoric attempts at humor. Only Richard Pryor's personal energy manages to save it from being complete rubbish.
My mind wasn't simply wandering during the film - it was ricocheting between the screen and the exit sign.
The plot makes the casting look inspired. More than inane, it's offensive. [14 Dec 1982]
Comedy is no laughing matter; when a joke dies, the joker -- as well as the audience -- dies a little, too. At the end of Richard Pryor's latest comedy, The Toy, the viewer may require emergency medical attention. Shapeless, noisy, vulgar, sentimental and amateurish... [13 Dec 1982, p.83]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
7.0
75% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
7.0
75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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Production Company
Columbia Pictures,
Delphi Films,
Rastar Pictures
Release Date Dec 10, 1982
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline When Jackie Gleason Told His Son He Could Have Any Present He Wanted, He Picked The Most Outrageous Gift Of All... Richard Pryor.
Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
