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Cars 2 (2011)

Directed by John Lasseter

Animation | Fantasy

Most recently watched by sleestakk, mrpotocnik, danfinn, lordofthemovies, Drew73, GMOM65

Overview

Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.

Rated G | Length 106 minutes

Actors

Larry the Cable Guy | Owen Wilson | Michael Caine | Emily Mortimer | John Turturro | Eddie Izzard | Thomas Kretschmann | Guido Quaroni | Joe Mantegna | Peter Jacobson | Bruce Campbell | Tony Shalhoub | Darrell Waltrip | Brent Musburger | Jason Isaacs | David Hobbs | Stanley Townsend | Lloyd Sherr | Paul Dooley | Michel Michelis | Sig Hansen | Franco Nero | Vanessa Redgrave | Bonnie Hunt | Cheech Marin | Jenifer Lewis | Michael Wallis | Katherine Helmond | John Ratzenberger | Jeff Garlin | Patrick Walker | Lewis Hamilton | Velibor Topic | John Mainieri | Brad Lewis | Richard Kind | Edie McClurg | Teresa Gallagher | Jeff Gordon | John Lasseter | Mark Winterbottom | Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi | Fernando Alonso | Vitaly Petrov | Jan Nilsson | Memo Rojas | Jacques Villeneuve | Sebastian Vettel | Catherine Bolt | Jess Fulton | Sonoko Konishi

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

My kids love Pixar’s CARS. We own the Blu Ray and my son especially gets a kick out of it. He owns the toys and flips out over anything CARS related.

So, I was excited to get the chance to take my kids to see it opening weekend. We sat down in the theater, both kids giddy. However, a crazy thing happened halfway through the
movie: my 6 year old daughter wanted to leave.

While my 3 yr old absolutely loved CARS 2, I was disappointed that it wasn’t a huge hit with both of them. I thought it was merely OK, with moments nearing god-awful.

What were they thinking? More Tow Mater and less Lightning McQueen? Shoving all the other characters from CARS into tiny cameos? A spy story? CARS 2 lacked the spark the original had. Yes, to many CARS is a stain on Pixar’s perfect record, but I genuinely think the original has some merit. CARS 2 lacks the wit, humor, charm and cleverness of the first while trying to shoehorn the CARS franchise into an action movie.

Ambitious yet lazy.

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