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| Cars |
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  (4/10)
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Runtime: 116 |
| Public Rating: 8.98 (47 votes) |
Director: John Lasseter |
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| Genre: Comedy |
Year: 2006 |
| Writer(s): Jorgen Klubien, John Lasseter, Philip Loren, Kiel Murray & Joe Ranft (story); Dan Fogelman (screenplay); Robert L. Baird & Dan Gerson (additional material) |
| Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures |
| Reviewed by: Friday and Saturday Night Critic |
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Additional review(s) by:
Le Apprenti [8/10] (view).
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More soulless Pixar technology in service of anthropomorphic, pop-culture quoting triteness, this time talking cars instead of talking fish, talking toys, talking monsters, or talking ants. There are some lovely images, though, like a video game I’d like to play. When I watched it (three days ago) it was the second-highest grossing film of 2006 (ahead of “Da Vinci” but behind “Pirates”)—and why not? “Cars” is harmless, utterly bland, safe for parents to take small kids to see and safe for grown children to take their parents to see. And 85 minutes later it’s done. It’s basically a kung-fu movie, in which an arrogant upstart (Wilson) fails early on, learns from a mentor (Newman), and corrects the error of his ways in a showdown. There’s a girl and a montage and, 85 minutes later, it’s over. I already said that, didn’t I? I think what ultimately bothers me about Pixar movies is how insincere they are; they don’t believe their lame-ass stories anymore than we do. If the people at Pixar made a movie about something they really cared about it could be a masterpiece. One scene in “Cars” glimmers with this hope: the anthropomorphic cars wax nostalgic about the good old days of Route 66 (“before the Interstate”). The ensuing flashback is more heartfelt than anything else in the film, as the movie reminisces about something that it actually seemed to care about: the transience of technology and the crushing wheels of progress. Keep your ears open for Click and Clack, the Tap-It Brothers, of NPR “Car Talk” fame.
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