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Cars 2

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Racecar Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his tow-truck buddy, Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), have had their share of adventures together but nothing like what they experience when they head overseas for the first-ever World Grand Prix. While Lightning has his eye on the road to the championship, Mater takes a detour to international espionage when he meets British master spy Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) and stunning spy-in-training Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer).
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Cars 2 is as visually appealing as any other Pixar production, but all that dazzle can't disguise the rusty storytelling under the hood.

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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 04/02/2019
2/5
The trouble with stuffing too much into a film quickly becomes evident in Cars 2, as the plotlines tumble and collide with each other creating, mostly, cacophony. Go to Full Review
Leah Rozen TheWrap 10/07/2011
Don't tell the kids, but Santa Claus isn't real and Pixar is fallible. Go to Full Review
Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard 07/22/2011
3/5
It is all quite jolly and fast-paced, a feast for the eyes, but there's not much for the mind or the heart. Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 17
3/5
Cars 2 gives us a fun James Bond-style brainless plot that flat out entertains. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 03/12/2023
3/4
It may not live up to the usual sophistication associated with the animation studio, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad film. Go to Full Review
Petrana Radulovic Polygon 03/01/2021
It's all the delight of a spy movie, but with the added fact of Oh right, they're all cars! Go to Full Review
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Andre T. @andrestuckmannmoviereviews 1d The worst Pixar movie ever made because not only is all over the place, is also because they chose to make Mater the main character of that movie and turn it into an spy thriller, I mean what are we doing man this movie is such an atrocity and very bad concept because it didn’t work at all and that’s the reason I couldn’t stand this movie. F See more Blake G. @BlakeGray 4d I completely understand why the general consensus around this movie is that it’s bad and that it’s the worst Cars movie, some even calling it the worst Pixar movie. Some parts of me agree, and some parts disagree. The parts of me that agree are the ones that are saying, why? Why did we go from a simple story about a lost racer trying to find his way home and win the biggest race of his life, to a James Bond-esque spy film? They’re also saying, how? How did we go from a movie about racing to a movie about spy’s and guns? Sounds a lot like Fast & Furious, and it’s even worse when you remember that the 3rd movie just recycles the 1st movie with a few extra things added in. So we go from racing, to spies, and then back to racing. They should have stuck to racing. I also felt like they focused too much on Mater, why couldn’t they have made the main character become the spy? Whenever a movie/franchise sidelines its main character, it’s never good. The parts of me that disagree are the ones that are saying, this was awesome. The idea of having Cars fight over Gas vs Electric isn’t the most creative idea, because it’s what humans have been doing for years, but it’s done in a more compelling and understandable way because we’re seeing that from the cars’ perspective. Seeing Finn McMissile be the James Bond of the cars universe was definitely the highlight of this movie, it was my main incentive to rewatch it. The executed it very well and it was a very creative way to do it. Overall, not great, not good, just flat out okay. But that’s okay because I still had a good time. See more Anythang S. @AnythangStudios Mar 7 cars is my childhood, and this is no exception See more BRADY T @BRADY1169420 Mar 4 This film was really good. I enjoyed seeing Mater become a secret spy and this was again another great film See more Carsin S. @carsinschmidt Feb 22 Double peak, as expected See more Maxime D @Maxime120 Feb 21 the best cars film and one of the best animated movie See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Racecar Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his tow-truck buddy, Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), have had their share of adventures together but nothing like what they experience when they head overseas for the first-ever World Grand Prix. While Lightning has his eye on the road to the championship, Mater takes a detour to international espionage when he meets British master spy Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) and stunning spy-in-training Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer).
Director
John Lasseter
Producer
Denise Ream
Screenwriter
Ben Queen
Distributor
Walt Disney, Pixar Animation Studios
Production Co
Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Studios
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 24, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2014
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
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