Too long for young children, not funny enough for adults.

Rating: 5/10 (23 July 2011)

Having taken my best friend's son to the cinema for Cars 5 years ago, i eagerly settled down to enjoy the next instalment with the same child (now aged 8) and his little sister. (aged 3) To say i was disappointed is an understatement - I am currently watching the original on BBC1 and 20 minutes in I am already enjoying it more than today's viewing of Cars 2. Little gems such as Mater's "He did WHAT in his cup?" were not there to add the adult humour to the film and a running time of near on 2 hours meant my friend's (nearly) 4 year old was bored nearly to tears by then end of it! In my opinion Disney / Pixar have left it FAR too long to bring out a sequel, a sequel that should, in fact have never been made as there have been other films since that are significantly better. It lacks the depth of Toy Story (in as much as a kid's film can have depth) and the likability of Monster's Inc - it also lacks the "aww" factor of "Up" and felt to me as if Pixar were trying too hard to make something to suit all ages and failed in the process. Although Cars 2 is funny in parts, it is in NO way as good as previous Pixar treats and I was sorely disappointed, as was my friend's little boy who LOVED Cars so much my best friend and I were almost ready to buy shares in merchandising for it! I do hope this is not the start of a company who have made some real gems just battering out any old tosh to keep the money coming in!