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Cars

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While traveling to California to race The King and Chick Hicks in the Piston Cup Championship, Lightning McQueen falls out of his trailer and winds up in a run-down town called Radiator Springs. He slowly befriends the town's odd residents, including Sally, Doc Hudson and Mater. When it comes time for him to leave, the championship is no longer his top priority.
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Critics Consensus

Cars offers visual treats that more than compensate for its somewhat thinly written story, adding up to a satisfying diversion for younger viewers.

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Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films 10/29/2008
B+
Cars is Pixar's most improbable success to date, a film that could easily have misfired, but somehow does not. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 07/29/2006
2/5
Smooth, but bland and forgettable. Go to Full Review Olly Richards Empire Magazine 07/28/2006
3/5
Judged against previous form, this is not Pixar firing on all cylinders, lacking the sophisticated comedy we've come to expect. Judged against fare from other studios, however, it's a triumph. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 03/29/2023
3/4
This is a very good piece of animation, but given the source, it’s not unreasonable to expect better. Go to Full Review Mat Brunet AniMat's Review (YouTube) 02/10/2023
7/10
No pun intended, but Cars is a prominent example of a middle-of-the-road animated feature. Go to Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 11/15/2020
3/10
The film's two-hour length is unbearable for an animated feature. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Daniel Pimienta 09/18/2022 Watched it with friends who also grew up with Cars. Great time. See more Joel H @RT47793553 5d 20 years later, Cars is still running strong. I was particularly impressed with how good the animation looks after all these years. It doesn’t seem dated at all. And it’s a well-built story with gallons of heart and humor. Even after watching it many, many times, I found myself laughing and getting teary-eyed all over again. It also has a fantastic soundtrack, steering you around emotions with the score before shifting into toe-tapping hits. It does run long for an animated kid’s movie, which makes it drag a little. Nevertheless, Cars is a Pixar classic and I’m always happy to take it for a spin. See more Anythang S. @AnythangStudios 5d this is my childhood See more Andre T. @andrestuckmannmoviereviews Mar 5 Pretty solid movie that introduced lightning McQueen to the entire series so he was kinda rude in here so he has to race to get the piston cup but then he goes to radiator springs which gets him a little bit of trouble in the movie we met the most annoying character in Pixar’s history Mater and that is showing something that has to make lightning McQueen realize friendship so he has to make Hudson hornet which is my favorite character in the series he was not able to know what lightning McQueen was going to do but then he realizes that he has to make himself a couch and this movie does it pretty well. B- See more BRADY T @BRADY1169420 Mar 4 This is an iconic classic kids movie and it is really good and I loved it when I was kid See more Carsin S. @carsinschmidt Feb 22 Peak, as expected. See more Read all reviews
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John Lasseter

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Joe Ranft

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Owen Wilson

Lightning McQueen

Paul Newman

Doc Hudson

Bonnie Hunt

Sally Carrera

Larry the Cable Guy

Mater

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Movie Info

Synopsis While traveling to California to race The King and Chick Hicks in the Piston Cup Championship, Lightning McQueen falls out of his trailer and winds up in a run-down town called Radiator Springs. He slowly befriends the town's odd residents, including Sally, Doc Hudson and Mater. When it comes time for him to leave, the championship is no longer his top priority.
Director
John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Producer
Darla K. Anderson
Screenwriter
Dan Fogelman, Daniel Gerson, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin, Jørgen Klubien
Distributor
Walt Disney Pictures
Production Co
Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 9, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2014
Runtime
1h 57m
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