Ka-Chow!!

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2006)

Cars, like other Pixar films, is pretty to look at if nothing else. Unlike other Pixar films, there is no emotional identification with the protagonist, McQueen. Instead we are filled with the typical Hollywood ideal that "things were better in the past." Like other animated movies in general, there are cheddery-cheesy songs and about 15 "time-passing" or "relationship-building" montages. It was distracting most of the time, and predictable. There were also some scenes, especially involving Larry the Cable Guy, that were there for their giggle factor, not their substance. This also distracts us from the message, if any, the movie is trying to get across. The short of it is that the movie is too long for most young children to sit through (at 2:05 hours). This, coupled with a very slow moving plot, is enough to turn any youngster to mutiny in the theater. Believe me, I experienced a few.