Great cartoon

Rating: 8/10 (10 June 2006)

CARS is Disney/Pixar's latest animated feature, about a race car that learns a hard lesson about life and love from a bunch of automobiles living in a forgotten desert town. Five minutes into the film, and you forget you're watching a bunch of motor vehicles; each has its own very distinct personality. The film is gorgeously drawn and animated, wonderfully voiced by Owen Wilson as the race car, Paul Newman as an old-timer with a secret, and several others, and the antics of the characters are hysterical. CARS provides one laugh after another, with a series of nonstop gags and one-liners leading up to a thrilling finish. Make sure you hang around for and after the credits for some terrific throwaway gags and "outtakes," the funniest one involving John Ratzenberger's character reacting to a rather peculiar situation at the local drive-in. Highly recommended. The film is preceded by a new Pixar short involving competing musical clowns. They have to be seen to be believed.