To have bawled like a baby

[Ilovedisney2011]

To have bawled like a baby in Toy Story 5?

I’ve got three neurodivergent kids, and am AuDHD myself. It was such a hard hitter from beginning to end! I haven’t been able to find much online in the way of theories of Bonnie being autistic but it was so obvious right from the little sunflower on her dress at the start, her repetitive play (mom: “how was the wedding this time?”) and her obvious social anxiety. Right down to befriending a slightly older kid (Bonnie being 8 and Blaze 9 and a half). Both the girls not being able to easily make friends, the exclusion and cyber bullying. Good lord. I sobbed! All three DC looking at me like I was mad…!

Not seen it but I saw it had mixed reviews so didn’t expect it to be good. Glad you liked it. I’ve no idea if Bonnie is supposed to be autistic. Some of the things you list could just be any child.

I'm going at the weekend, I'm just commenting so I might remember to come back after seeing it (I never remember about the watch list rather than "I'm on")

I didn’t pick up on that but then I only saw some of it as my younger DC was being a bit tricky in the cinema. I didn’t like what I did see though. It’s Toy Story 3 that’s the tear jerker.

I was in an audience of men bawling at Toy Story 2 when Andy gave away the toys so I doubt you're alone

I loved it but to me Bonnie just seemed like a shy imaginative child.
im autistic too.

It has nothing to do with autism.

That doesn’t point to autism at all.

Toy Story 3 absolutely broke me. I've made a point of not watching it again and won't watch the subsequent films.

Social anxiety and having a slightly older friend does not mean someone is autistic.

It’s my five year olds favourite film 😩 and it still chokes me even though I’ve seen it so many times. It also makes it so darn difficult to get rid of any toys 😂

My DDs went to watch it on Sunday. They said it was brilliant but they didn't say anything about Bonnie being autistic. I think they would have picked up on it as DD2 is autistic.
Regardless they really enjoyed it.

I mean I cried but I cried during most of them 😂

Didn't get Bonnie being autistic at all tbh

It came out the year after my then 6yo left her beloved Build a Bear at an art session on holiday and never got her back.

The scene where the toys are left out in the rain and wondering where their child is and why they're not coming 😭😭😭.

I only hope whoever made off with DDs bear loved her just as much.

NB Happy Ending...

We managed to get an identical replacement - told DD she'd taken herself on a spa break, and have just ordered her a gown and hat so she can graduate with DD in two weeks time 😁

I saw it at the cinema and tears were rolling. I told my husband I almost wanna cry out loud at the end not just because of the storyline but also the sheer brilliance of it!

@Ilovedisney2011 I completely agree. I am also late-diagnosed ASD (probably AuDHD) and it was like watching my own childhood unfold before my eyes. I ugly-cried at least 3 times and saw it 3 times in theaters by myself. I immediately searched online but didn't see many comments about Bonnie being autistic, but in the months since MANY autistic women online have acknowledged the parallels. For me it's a reminder that autism presents differently in little girls, but the signs were still there: difficulty with eye contact that looked like shyness (but she did it with her parents, too), repetitive play, fear of being perceived, masking and hiding her preferences to fit in, believing that her toys have feelings (this is a thing that continues into adulthood- I'm an example), etc. And Blaze notably did NOT play with toys when little, but she collected items around her special interest : horses ! Again, very common for autistic research. I wholeheartedly believe that Bonnie is autistic-coded, even if not specified by Disney. IYKYK. Nobody can tell us different.