The Toy A unique,,one of a kind movie! Both Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason has earned overwhelmingly positive reviews and is considered by many to be one of the best films of the year! Maybe that's what makes the movie so good.The great cast includes Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz, Teresa Ganzel. The movie moves on like a dream and end leaving you wanting for more.
If you love watching Richard Pryor or Jackie Gleason, you are deffinetly going to want to watch The Toy.
This well-packaged 1983 remake of the French comedy Le Jouet features two legendary actors in an unlikely pairing. Richard Pryor (Live on the Sunset Strip, Stir Crazy) plays a down on his luck writer who is talked into taking a job as a plaything for the spoiled rich kid of billionaire Jackie Gleason (The Hustler), who just can't communicate with his own son. Amidst a constant stream of abuse and slapstick adventures, Pryor manages to bring out the heart in both father and son and bring them closer together, as he fights to retain his own dignity. Director Richard Donner (Superman, Lethal Weapon) concentrates on the outlandish set pieces and wisely leaves the comic timing up to the two old pros, making The Toy an entertaining diversion. --Robert Lane