drop that ball Pixar, d'oh

Rating: 4/10 (7 June 2006)

As soon as I heard that the new Pixar film was going to be about cars and especially naascar, i was fearful, whereas the car circuit is big in America, it means nothing overseas. And I was proved right. When the lead characters motivation is to get a sponsorship deal, these people have lost sight they are making a film for children. When Michael Schumacher turned up at the end, I knew Pixar had officially jumped the shark. My 4 year old son has no idea, nor cares who he is. What a flop. The lead car is really unlikable, and all the voice work is really tiresome, as if no one wanted to be there. While i have to say the animation is probably the best I have ever seen, as the film is slow, dimly written,(there are no new jokes or situations in evidence here), it does amuse me the the first film released by Pixar since Disney brought them is this second rate flick that would be right at home on the Disney release schedule