Cars
Review by : Geoff Jacks
The characters in “Cars” aren't human, but there sure is a lot of humanity.
As in each of the Pixar films of the past few years, "Cars" demonstrates the studios' ability to invest just about anything with deeply human traits. The cast of “Cars” is no different starting with a selfish race car named Lightning (Owen Wilson); the melancholy Doc (Paul Newman); the “know-what's-important-in-life” Sally (Bonnie Hunt); and the “hungry foe excitement” Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), along with many, many others.
"Cars" is rated G, but it's apparent this is the most adult-oriented Pixar film yet. Its themes — respect for the past, the simple pleasures that can be appreciated if you slow down once in a while, the importance of thinking about others and of keeping your word — are the kinds of things that make kids scramble for their X-boxes when "old-timers" start talking about them.
The film's creators at Pixar are old hands at sucking in adults and children with well-defined characters and complex storytelling, though. Granted, “Cars” is not the funniest of Pixar's films but director John Lasseter succeeds in making us long for the dusty charms of Radiator Springs, a Route 66 small town that's been getting smaller ever since a bypass steered motorists away from it.
After a beginning that would make NASCAR fans out of the most conservative Polo players, "Cars" downshifts for most of its two hours with a wonderfully-told story of “stop-and-smell-the-roses”.
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