The film crams in jokes long past the point of relevance and often to outright distraction, if not annoyance.
No cartoon has ever conveyed the struggle for self-actualization with such an inexpressive sense of imagination as this cheap and glorified babysitter.
Even if this two-disc DVD feels lightweight, the film itself does not.
The nuances of human relationships are conveyed via Pixar’s predictably acute attention to detail, coded in mysterious evocations of mood.