laughter be a state of mind say the tag and and i hesitate to comment on barry levinson . what could he have be think during the making of toy . when he watch the rush and do he see a successful and funny fantasy . if so and then he work on a different plane than i. this be an excruciating picture and one in which the production design be 90 % of the thing ( and even the cartoon color be a disappointment ) . robin williams and ( most especially ) joan cusack be humiliate a brother and sister of a toy mogul who be bypass a inheritor of the factory when their dad dy . there nothing remotely funny ( satirical or slapstick wise ) on display here . it be uniformly draggy and ugly and and one of the very bad big movie ever make . no star from .