Awesome Movie Year

Toys (1992 Box Office Flop)


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The third episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features the year’s biggest flop, Barry Levinson’s Toys. Directed and co-written by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams, Joan Cusack, Michael Gambon, Robin Wright and LL Cool J, Toys was nominated for awards at both the Razzies and the Oscars.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/toys-1992), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-18-ca-1966-story.html), and Peter Travers in Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/toys-253263/).

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