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Planes

Disney's Planes

2013

Klay Hall

Animation

4.8

4,592

Animation. Comedy. Adventure. Kids Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true.

	Author	Review
United States	Keith Uhlich Time Out	"What really undoes the movie is its seen-it-all-before familiarity (...) The characters may soar, but viewers’ spirits stay grounded (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"Diverting in bits and pieces, but absent the heart, soul and ingenuity one associates with the best of Disney animation"	NEU
United States	Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter	"While visually engaging, this production of Disneytoon Studios -- it was originally slated to go direct-to-DVD -- lacks the sort of character depth and dramatic scope normally associated with the Pixar brand"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"What 'Planes' lacks in novelty, it makes up for with eye-popping aerial sequences and a high-flying comic spirit"	POS
United States	Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle	"What a clunker (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"A charmingly modest low-budget spin-off from Pixar’s 'Cars’' that provides more thrills and laughs for young children and their parents than many of its more elaborate brethren (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Essentially 'Cars' in midair (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"'Planes' has practically no visual distinction, it's a complete knockoff, but I think it'll get by with the kids (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"'Planes' is for the most part content to imitate rather than innovate, presumably hoping to reap a respectable fraction of the box office numbers of 'Cars' and 'Cars 2', which together made hundreds of millions of dollars"	NEU
United Kingdom	Matthew Turner View London	"Disappointing animated adventure that suffers from a weak script, bland characterisation and a frustrating, poorly-defined universe."	NEG

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