Toast is a film about a young boy’s journey through a normal life, emphasis on normal. He finds hardship and friendship in the strangest and most fleeting of places. The use of discontinuity editing at the beginning of the movie compared to the end illustrates cinematically that by the conclusion, Nigel has achieved what he was really looking for… normalcy. And even though he never actually decided anything (career-wise) we see that the path he takes is one of truth and honesty. In films, the classic fairy-tale ending is used when kids achieve their dreams. But not Toast. The boy’s love of food doesn’t come from what he has experienced, but rather what has been held back from him. The sense of curiosity is what fuels childhood, so when films tell these fairy-tale stories that are set in stone, there is no truth, and even though it makes us feel warm and fuzzy there is always a lingering feeling of unrealism. In order to be happy, we don’t have to find the perfect most glamourous job because even working in a stinky, old kitchen can be dreamy enough in the real world.