OUR REVIEW
Who's in It: The voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub, George Carlin, Katherine Helmond, Michael Keaton
The Basics: Hotshot stock car Lightning McQueen (Wilson) gets stuck in a small desert town and has to learn the meaning of friendship and life and humility and blah, blah, (all that other stuff you have to learn the meaning of) blah. Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with. I think that's what Billy Dee Williams told Diana Ross in Mahogany, right? It's basically that movie but with animated automobiles.
What's the Deal? I know it's wrong to blaspheme the holy unassailable name of Pixar, but this one is both the best and the worst of the whole batch. It's technically superior to everything that's come before it. It looks incredible and the level of detail is eye-boggling. Meanwhile, it's the least meaningful and the least funny. But still, it's a Pixar movie, and that means it's miles ahead of the competition in spite of its flaws.
Who Steals It: I know it sounds like I'm the new president of the Larry the Cable Guy Fan Club, since I was the one film critic in America who actually had a good time watching Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, but dang it if he's not the funniest thing in this just good enough movie.
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