Once upon a time, Pixar was invincible. From 1995 to 2010 they produced an unbroken chain of cast-iron classics like Toy Story, WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Up, movies that deserve a place in the all-time cinematic pantheon.
Since then, they’ve had some successes, but it’s safe to say there’s been a gradual decline. Movies like Lightyear, Elemental, and Onward weren’t exactly flops, but they didn’t hit the heights we’d come to expect from the studio. There was a brief flicker of success with Inside Out 2, but right now it’s grim faces at the studio as Elio continues to crater at the box office.
