Lasseter and Pixar hit another one out of the park!

Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2006)

Once again Pixar has come up with a gem, a non conventional take on a coming of age story that needs more exposure.
Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) is a self-centered, up and coming race car poised to become the first rookie winner of the coveted Piston Cup, but gets side-tracked in Radiator Springs and learns a life lesson. Along the way Lightning MxQueen is befriended, sometime begrudgingly, by the habitants of Radiator Spring.
The individuality and uniqueness of all the characters and the extras is stunning. In it's own unique way Pixar tells the story in a world populated and made for cars. Several cameos (voice) (Mario Andretti, Darrel Waltrip, Micheal Scumacher, etc.) will get a chuckle out of the adults.
The animation produced by Pixar is beyond anything we have seen. Some scenes appear virtually "real". Keep an eye out for some of the desert scenery and you will spot portions and sections of vehicles in the unlikeliest of places. It is this level of detail that lets Pixar's creative team's love for the art shine through. I cannot wait to get this one on DVD and get a closer look at the detailing in the scenery.
As an added treat at the beginning of the movie a Pixar short (One man Band ) was shown.
Great for kids from 5 to 95.