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Cars 2

2011

John Lasseter, Brad Lewis

Animation, Voice: Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine ...

5.5

12,865

Animation. Adventure. Comedy. Kids Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to exciting new places in "Cars 2" when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It's the Pixar touch of valuing feeling over frenzy that makes Cars 2 a winner. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Despite its technical and design finesse, this ranks as Pixar's weakest project to date, as well as the first from the animation powerhouse that can be described as craven"	NEG
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"To make up for their lack of hands, the cars in 'Cars 2' do all sorts of cool things with their front tires, and the 3-D animation as a whole is spectacular. But the movie has its own deficits—a lack of variety, originality, subtlety, clarity and plain old charm"	NEU
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Though many of the visuals are winningly vibrant and sleek, what is lacking here is Pixar's most notable characteristic: a compelling, clever story and boundless heart. Cars 2 demonstrates that not every hit movie merits a sequel (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Cars 2 is fun. Whether that's because John Lasseter is in touch with his inner child or mine, I cannot say. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"It is not entirely without charm or wit (...) from a script by Ben Queen, Cars 2 lavishes scrupulous imaginative attention on its cosmopolitan settings"	POS

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