This is how movies should be done

Rating: 10/10 (31 December 2006)

I absolutely adore "Cars". I saw this movie solely on the strength of the few seconds that I saw of its UK trailer, the main focus of my interest being the computer graphics.
At a purely aesthetic level, there is not a single frame of this whole film that is not fabulous to look at, you can hit pause at virtually any point on the DVD and just sit and gaze at the stunning detail and gloss. "Slick" doesn't even come close to describing it.
But is SO much more than that.
Anyway, to the plot. This is a film you can really absorb yourself into, all the characters are well-formed and fit into the big picture well. There are no 'bad-guys' as such but those characters that are at odds with the main characters do get whats coming to them in the end, in a fun way of course. There is no violence in this film whatsoever APART from the realistic depiction of race-car collisions which is executed superbly I think.
All in all this is a brilliant feel-good movie that adults can enjoy as much as the kids (probably more than the kids to be honest, there are MANY visual and verbal gags throughout). I'm a 26 year old Brit and this (supposedly kid's) movie about NASCAR racing (something virtually alien to us over here) had me enthralled for the entire duration.
There are a lot of emotions in this movie too, its exciting, sad, very funny, and beautiful from start to finish, ending with a really uplifting positive note.
The casting is spot on too - as you'd expect from Pixar by now.
At the end of the DVD you'll be pouring over the extra features just to get an extra fix.
I loved every second of it.