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71
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93
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64
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27
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47
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54
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93
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82
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79
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78
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73
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72
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71
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71
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70
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65
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64
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64
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64
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63
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, The
62
Burn After Reading
61
Incredible Hulk, The
60
Traitor
58
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57
Flash of Genius
57
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55
House Bunny, The
54
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
54
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53
Sex and the City: The Movie
53
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53
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52
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51
Mamma Mia!
51
Step Brothers
49
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49
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47
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47
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46
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45
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43
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43
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43
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42
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39
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37
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36
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36
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36
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36
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35
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
35
Mirrors
34
Happening, The
34
My Best Friend's Girl
31
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The
27
Women, The
26
Babylon A.D.
24
Bangkok Dangerous
24
Love Guru, The
23
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15
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15
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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52
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55
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72
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61
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89
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86
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86
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85
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85
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84
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83
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83
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82
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82
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82
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81
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80
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80
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80
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80
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79
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78
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78
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77
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75
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75
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74
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74
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73
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73
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73
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72
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72
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72
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72
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71
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71
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71
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70
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67
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67
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67
Jellyfish
66
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66
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66
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65
August Evening
65
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64
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64
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64
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64
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63
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63
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63
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63
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63
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62
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62
Baghead
62
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62
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61
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61
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61
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61
Red
59
Beautiful Losers
58
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57
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57
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57
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57
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56
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56
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55
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55
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55
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55
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55
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55
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54
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54
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54
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53
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53
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52
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52
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52
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51
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49
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47
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47
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46
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
46
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45
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44
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41
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40
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40
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39
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39
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37
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33
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31
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28
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26
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25
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16
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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Cars
Buena Vista Pictures
FILM:
GAMES:
MPAA RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring
Owen Wilson,
Bonnie Hunt,
Paul Newman,
Larry The Cable Guy,
Cheech Marin,
George Carlin,
Richard Petty, Michael Keaton, Tony Shalhoub,
and
John Ratzenberger
This is a fast-paced comedy adventure set inside the world of cars. Fueled with plenty of humor, action, heartfelt drama and amazing new technical feats, Cars is a high octane delight for moviegoers of all ages. (Disney)
| GENRE(S): |
Animation
|
Comedy
|
Family/Kids
|
Fantasy
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Dan Fogelman
John Lasseter
Dan Gerson (additional screenplay material)
Jorgen Klubien, Philip Loren, Kiel Murray and Joe Ranft (story)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
John Lasseter
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 7, 2006
Theatrical: June 9, 2006
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
96 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Time
Richard Corliss
The first great movie of the summer.

100
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Whether the movie will make you believe a shocking-orange stock car has a future with a lavender Carrera, it's more fun to follow than a televised freeway chase.

100
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
All told, Cars is a knockout.

100
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Lasseter's inclusive, utterly distinctive sensibility makes Cars all that it can be. His embrace of the comic-dramatic friction between innovation and tradition infiltrates every aspect of the movie - the look, the characters, the story.

91
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
A work of American art as classic as it is modern. Note to tourists: Leave before the very end of the credits and you'll miss some of the best and funniest roadside sights.

90
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
What's surprising about this supremely engaging film is the source of its curb appeal: It has heart.

90
Slate
Michael Agger
Who's this movie for, again? No matter: It's impossible to find more joy in the dark at the moment.

88
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
What Cars teaches is how to blend brash comedy with technical astonishments so that each enhances the other. I can't imagine who wouldn't want to test-drive this one. Like the promos say, "It's got that new-movie smell."

88
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
On the most basic level, Cars is an old-fashioned fable about an egotistical, talented loner who learns humility and redeems himself by helping unfortunates.

88
Premiere
Ethan Alter
What the film lacks in freshness, it makes up for in great characters, fun vocal performances, and a script with some genuine emotional heft.

88
TV Guide
Ethan Alter
It's the one movie so far this summer that demands to be seen on the big screen.

88
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Cars leaves the animated competition in the dust, even if it is a tad slower and more predictable than Pixar at full throttle.

83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
Cars is a fine example of the formula, with pleasant chemistry, the patented Pixar cleverness, and the usual sweetly melancholy nostalgia courtesy of songwriter Randy Newman.

83
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
There's so much to impress and delight you that the time flies by.

80
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Exciting though the car-racing scenes are, with their millions of fan-cars swaying fluidly around the stadium, it's the drives through the canyons and passes, and the quiet old ruin of a town (which recalls the abandoned mall in Miyazaki’s "Spirited Away"), that truly quicken the pulse.

80
Newsweek
David Ansen
As eye-popping as anything Pixar has done. But Cars inspires more admiration than elation. It dazzles even as it disappoints. This time around, John Lasseter and his codirector, the late Joe Ranft, seem more interested in dispensing Life Lessons than showing us a roaring good time.

80
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
It might not be way up there in "The Incredibles"/"Finding Nemo"/"Toy Story" stratosphere, but the charming Cars is nevertheless a thoroughly pleasant way to mark Pixar Animation Studios' 20th anniversary.

80
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
The Pixar people have an extreme talent for conjuring imagery that is both soaring in its majesty but also resonant -- it's a stylization but acute enough to carry emotional meaning.

75
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
By relying too much on snappy dialogue and by adhering to the philosophy that "steel should feel like steel and glass should feel like glass," the filmmakers have bridled their imaginations and created a movie about toys that are too blubbery and not rubbery enough.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Overall, if the film is not as funny as its predecessors, that's probably part and parcel of why it doesn't seem as enchanting. Emotionally, despite the character arc, Cars doesn't resonate in the same way "The Incredibles" or "Toy Story" did.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
I wouldn't have thought that even in animation a 1951 Hudson Hornet could look simultaneously like itself and like Paul Newman, but you will witness that feat, and others, in Cars.

75
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Cars is a classic American tale firing on all cylinders and fueled by organic emotion and a lively sense of adventure.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The movie wins you over through crack comic timing and an awareness that the point of driving isn't how fast you get there but what you see on the way.

70
Variety
Brian Lowry
Periodic bursts of cleverness brighten the festivities, but they're too few and far between, and the trademark humor that appeals to adults and kids often misfires.

70
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
If Cars is something of a letdown, that is not because of the moral messages that it delivers but because of the heavy hand with which it cranks them out.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
Never really quite great, it's still a good enough diversion for the family and should please adult fans of racing.

63
Chicago Tribune
Jessica Reaves
Whatever you do, don't leave before watching the snippets that run during the closing credits--the self-referential, tongue in cheek "outtakes" are quite possibly the funniest part of this movie--a visual stunner that seems to have misplaced its heart.

63
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Cars is certainly watchable, and there's always some amusing bit of business happening at the edges of the frame.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
Warning: Cars comes unequipped with two essential options -- charm and a good muffler.

60
New York Magazine
David Edelstein
This one is dully conventional even by family-uplift standards. The details are sweated, all right: It's a triumph of perspiration over inspiration.

60
Empire
Olly Richards
Judged against previous form, this is not Pixar firing on all cylinders, lacking the sophisticated comedy we've come to expect. Judged against fare from other studios, however, it's a triumph.

60
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
At 116 minutes, it's a test not of speed but endurance.

60
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Cars is an elaborate concoction all right. But it feels soldered together from a scrap heap of tired ideas.

60
Village Voice
Robert Wilonsky
What ultimately redeems Cars from turning out a total lemon is its soul. Lasseter loves these animated inanimate objects as though they were kin, and it shows in every beautifully rendered frame.

50
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
It doesn't make Cars a bad picture -- the visual inventions are worth the price of admission -- but it constitutes conduct unbecoming to a maker of magic.
50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
And did I mention that it's long? It's long.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Curiously and unexpectedly, the movie brings on a suffocating feeling of constraint. It's a consequence of seeing characters with such terribly limited mobility.

40
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Both in its ingratiating vibe and bland execution, Cars is nothing if not totally, disappointingly new-age Disney.

30
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
If Cars is indicative of the kind of movie we can expect from Pixar post-Disney merger, well, there's always Miyazaki.


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