Cars 2 [DVD] [2011]

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To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. During this time, though, it was the third least-attended opening day for a Pixar film, only ahead of Up and Ratatouille. It is the lowest-rated Pixar film on the site to date and the only one to earn a "rotten" certification.

As Mater flees down the track, Lightning pursues him to apologize for his outburst, while Finn apprehends Zündapp. A man who played in a sandbox with toy cars and made up stories about them -- something he's still doing decades later. The bursts of action are hyperkinetic, infectiously fun, and more than a little bit of an adrenaline rush. We hear that reviews don't matter and that seems true when poorly-reviewed films do big business anyway. From November 2010 until May 2011, Disney released information about the other voice talent, including Jenifer Lewis, Katherine Helmond, Michael Wallis, Darrell Waltrip, Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Bruce Campbell, Sig Hansen, Michel Michelis, Jeff Gordon, Lewis Hamilton, Brent Musburger, David Hobbs, John Turturro, and Eddie Izzard.They are joined by newcomers Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, John Turturro, Eddie Izzard, and Thomas Kretschmann. Cheerful, honest and loyal to a fault, Mater rushes to his best friend’s defense, which ultimately lands the off-duty Lightning in an international racing exhibition: the World Grand Prix. John Lasseter had a blast making the original Cars, and he wanted to pull out those toys and play with 'em again.

just be some kind of goofy riff on James Bond -- that he wanted to make an actual spy movie -- and he nails it.It's a safe bet that kids will want to watch Cars 2 over and over and over, but I really don't think there's a lot of replay value here for anyone whose age is in the double-digits. Cars 2 is the fourth Pixar film to be scored by Michael Giacchino, after The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Up. Some theorized that the vitriol was less about the film but more about Pixar's broadened focus to sequels. The first 'Cars' was made because of John Lasseter's love of cars, his interest in Route 66, and a real-life road trip that he and his family took after making 'Toy Story', 'A Bug's Life', and 'Toy Story 2'. The version of Cars 2 reviewed here is one of the least special special editions that Pixar has ever churned out.