Lucas does Pixar, unfortunately - It has no heart.

Rating: 3/10 (17 June 2006)

It isn't only one thing wrong, I'm afraid.
The good? The animation is superb - no question. But they've spent so long on making the cars shine nicely and getting shadows right they ignored how bad the story was.
Much of the recent great animation has worked - particularly as adult cross-over - because of the ability to be anthropomorphic. And there is the basic problem with the concept - you can't do that with a car. They don't even make you try.
The script is trite, off-the-shelf and basic - immature moralising with no fun, no comedy zingers and absolutely no laughs. The voices are fine - but they have nothing to work with.
FAR too many songs! And sub-standard Gilbert knock-offs they are too.
It is clear that all that was thought of was shiny fast cars - like Lucas the effects are the thing. Stuff script. And you are left with a bad film that can't even be described as half-decent.
And that's just for adults. For the first time this year at the cinema, my 6yo nephew got bored and asked to leave. And we've been to Over the Hedge!