The Friday Five: Tim Allen

The Friday Five: 
Tim Allen
Although he's best known for playing Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor on the hit ABC '90s series "Home Improvement," Tim Allen has also had a successful film career.  With the highly anticipated "Toy Story 4" being released this week, I look at my five personal favorite Tim Allen films.



**THERE WILL BE NO SPOILERS**




#5
 Galaxy Quest
In this classic comedy, Tim Allen plays a television show actor of a once-famous sci-fi show that's recruited by real space aliens to save them from a real evil alien race, thinking that he (and his co-stars) are really heroes.  The result is non-stop laughs delivered by Allen as well as Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shaloub, and Sam Rockwell.











#4
 The Santa Clause
In this modern Christmas classic, Tim Allen plays a divorced father who accidentally kills someone resembling Santa Claus, and then puts on the suit and becomes the new Santa - whether he likes it or not.  He has a year to prepare for the biggest night of the year, and through it all he learns important lessons about himself and the true meaning of the holiday.  As usual, Tim Allen delivers a superior comedic performance in this beloved Christmas story (even if the subsequent sequels aren't as fantastic).











#3
 Toy Story 2
Making his return as the lovable, iconic Buzz Lightyear, Tim Allen lends his voice to this Pixar gem as he mounts a ragtag mission to rescue Woody after he is taken by a collector.  Family-friendly hilarity ensues, which only helps to make this one of the most successful and beloved film franchises in history.











#2
 Toy Story
"To infinity, and beyond!"  Tim Allen creates the iconic Buzz Lightyear in Pixar's classic "Toy Story," a film that revolutionized animated films forever.  Allen plays Buzz, a child's plaything who thinks he's actually a heroic astronaut, and as he comes to terms with who he really is, finds the family he never knew he needed.











#1
 Toy Story 3
It's a very rare thing when the third film in a franchise turns out to be the best, but that's exactly what "Toy Story 3" managed to do.  Completing a trilogy that spanned the lifetimes of millions of kids who started the journey with the original, "Toy Story 3" served as the most elegant conclusion that spanned the timespan of a child's growing up years to college.  Tim Allen returns as Buzz Lightyear, as he joins his fellow toys in escaping a nightmarish daycare center and returning to Andy before he leaves for college.




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