New Movie: CARS

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 12, 2006 -- CARS FACTS

Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), a hotshot rookie race car, embarks on a trip down Route 66, headed to California and the big Piston Cup Championship race. Along the way, he meets Sally, a snazzy 2002 Porsche (Helen Hunt); Doc Hudson, a 1951 Hudson Hornet (Paul Newman); and Mater, a rusty tow truck (Larry the Cable Guy). Together they help Lightning realize there's more to life than first place.

Cast Owen Wilson, George Carlin, Bob Costas, Michael Keaton, Cheech Marin, Paul Newman (more)

Director(s) John Lasseter

Writer(s) John Lasseter

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Childrens, Animated, Animation, Cars/Automobiles, Animated Characters, Race Cars

Release Date June 9, 2006

DVD Release Date June 9, 2006

MPAA Rating G


OUR REVIEW
by Dave White

Who's in It: The voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub, George Carlin, Katherine Helmond, Michael Keaton

The Basics: Hotshot stock car Lightning McQueen (Wilson) gets stuck in a small desert town and has to learn the meaning of friendship and life and humility and blah, blah, (all that other stuff you have to learn the meaning of) blah. Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with. I think that's what Billy Dee Williams told Diana Ross in Mahogany, right? It's basically that movie but with animated automobiles.
What's the Deal? I know it's wrong to blaspheme the holy unassailable name of Pixar, but this one is both the best and the worst of the whole batch. It's technically superior to everything that's come before it. It looks incredible and the level of detail is eye-boggling. Meanwhile, it's the least meaningful and the least funny. But still, it's a Pixar movie, and that means it's miles ahead of the competition in spite of its flaws.

Who Steals It: I know it sounds like I'm the new president of the Larry the Cable Guy Fan Club, since I was the one film critic in America who actually had a good time watching Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, but dang it if he's not the funniest thing in this just good enough movie.
How Long, Oh Lord? You know how most animated features are fairly short? Like, 90 minutes tops, usually? Most of the time even shorter than that? This one pushes the two-hour mark. And you feel it. My butt should not begin to call out for mercy at an animated feature. That's an Oscar wannabe move.
But Will the Kids Like It? Of course. And how tailor-made for toy tie-ins can a movie not called Toy Story get?


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