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Created Jun 27, 2010 04:10PM PST • Edited Jul 02, 2010 11:02PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   The short that airs ahead of “Toy Story 3,” Day & Night cleverly combines 2 and 3D animation, breaking new ground in the process. The cartoon characters of Day and of Night exist in a DD foreground plane, while the world of daytime and the world of nighttime are visible in a 3D space behind them. This works magnificently well on screen, after a minute or two of orientation.

   The world of daytime is shown to be sunny skies, beach babes and rainbows, while the world of nighttime is figuratively darker, notwithstanding the fireworks that occasionally go off. Clever and effective, this. Day and Night ultimately reconcile themselves to each other, though not before fighting it out with some entertaining toon-like fisticuffs. Pow! Bam! This is a great animated short.

   It’s even better because we know that Toy Story 3 starts as soon as Day & Night’s six minute running time is up. On with the show!

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

5. Male Stars Very Good 3.5

6. Female Stars Very Good 3.5

7. Female Costars Very Good 3.5

8. Male Costars Very Good 3.5

10. Film

    Great 4.0

    The story, while thought provoking and frequently LOL, is not as perfectly realized as for Partly Cloudy, the short that preceded Up.

11. Direction Really Great 4.5

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Very Good 3.5

14. Visuals Perfect 5.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.0

17. Sex Innocent 1.0

18. Violence Gentle 1.0

19. Rudeness Polite 1.0

21. Reality

    Fantasy 5.0

    Toon reality.

22. Circumstantial Fantasy 5.0

23. Biological Fantasy 5.0

24. Physical Fantasy 5.0