Excellent movie for the whole family...

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2006)

This movie opened here in Sydney, Australia today and my son was eager to see it so I took him as soon as I picked him up from daycare.
I knew he was going to love it but I also found myself enjoying it very much. At times I couldn't control myself and burst out laughing aloud. I think it loosened up some of the other adults in the cinema and they started laughing as well.
The graphics were awesome. The amount of details such as reflections in each scene, etc was amazing. I need to own this movie. If only they were taking advanced orders for the DVD already.
In a nutshell, the movie is about Lightning McQueen's awakening from being a selfish, arrogant person/ car to one who realises the value of friendship. A truly feel-good movie for the whole family.
The only thing that bothered me in regards to my son was the one part where there was name calling - the part where someone referred to McQueen as a moron/ retard (can't remember). I just didn't want my son picking that up and referring to other kids in that way. But that was very slight. One word, two seconds. The rest of the movie was amazing. For the first time my son sat still for a whole two hours!! Well done, Pixar. An amazing movie that I want to own already. I hope they make a sequel and put as much effort into the story and character development as they did in this one.
Do yourselves a favour and see this for yourselves and if you have kids, take them along. It's not just a boy movie. Being a cartoon and not overly macho all kids should enjoy it.