Those toys are the movie’s greatest asset. It feels like the playtime story within a story that opens Toy Story 3, derivative yet inventive, and based heavily around a series of toys. It moves fast, packs in plenty of goofy side business, and never lets self-contradiction or too much thought get in the way. A mishmash of old myths, modern pop songs, manic action, and extremely broad tropes, Book Of Life feels exactly like something an inventive babysitter might come up with to while away an hour and a half. But accepting the film as an afternoon’s distraction for kids explains a lot about how the storyline is constructed. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Book Of Life is presented as a legend a cheery museum docent (Christina Applegate) is explaining to a bunch of troublemaking kids, in a frame story that doesn’t overtly add much to the story except extra style and a cute tag at the end.
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