Netflix's LostOllie is an endearingly earnest tearjerker.
It’s a universal truth that growing up means, among other things, learning how to say goodbye. All the best children’s stories understand this, and, more often than not, the first major goodbye of a child’s life is the one they say to their favorite toy when they realize they’ve outgrown it. This moment of transition, as well as the collateral damage it leaves in its wake, is at the heart of countless beloved children’s movies, including all four Toy Story films.
Adapted by Shannon Tindle and directed by Peter Ramsey, Lost Ollie follows its titular toy, a patchwork bunny voiced by Glee and Hamilton actor Jonathan Groff, as he sets out to reunite with his best friend and former owner, Billy . In order to do so, Ollie not only has to make the difficult trek across a region that is largely unknown to him, but he must also put back together the pieces of his own painful, fractured memories.
Fortunately, Lost Ollie’s pace not only picks up near the end of its second episode, but its story also becomes infinitely more compelling and interesting once a certain twist, which is best left unspoiled, is revealed. This midpoint turn largely allows Lost Ollie to add deeper shades to its themes of love, loss, and memory. Despite taking place almost totally in the past as well, Lost Ollie’s melancholic third episode achieves an unexpected, Tim Burton-esque mood of gothic romanticism.
Tindle and Ramsey also place a lot of Lost Ollie’s emotional weight on the shoulders of Gina Rodriguez, who plays Billy’s mom. Fortunately, Rodriguez is more than up to the task, delivering a performance across Lost Ollie’s four chapters that radiates an infectious maternal warmth. Rodriguez is, at times, almost heartbreakingly charming in Lost Ollie, and her performance supplies the miniseries with the love and heart that it desperately needs in order to work.
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