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Cars 2 (2011)

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 198
Fresh: 76 | Rotten: 122

Cars 2 is as visually appealing as any other Pixar production, but all that dazzle can't disguise the rusty storytelling under the hood.

Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 20

Cars 2 is as visually appealing as any other Pixar production, but all that dazzle can't disguise the rusty storytelling under the hood.

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Movie Info

Star racecar Lightning McQueen (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 own: international espionage. Mater finds himself torn between assisting

G, 1 hr. 52 min.

Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy

Directed By: John Lasseter , Brad Lewis

In Theaters: Jun 24, 2011 Wide

On DVD: Nov 1, 2011

Box Office:$191.5M

Walt Disney Pictures/PIXAR

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Cast

Owen Wilson
Lightning McQueen
Larry The Cable Guy
Mater
John Turturro
Francesco Bernoulli
Eddie Izzard
Miles Axlerod
Michael Caine
Finn McMissile, Finn Mc...
Emily Mortimer
Holly Shiftwell
Bonnie Hunt
Sally
Tony Shalhoub
Luigi
Cheech Marin
Ramone
Jason Isaacs
Leland Turbo, Siddeley
Joe Mantegna
Grem
Peter Jacobson
Acer
Thomas Kretschmann
Professor Z, Professor ...
Guido Quaroni
Guido
Lloyd Sherr
Combat Ship, Fillmore
Paul Dooley
Sarge
John Ratzenberger
Mack
Jenifer Lewis
Flo
Michael Wallis
Sheriff
Katherine Helmond
Lizzie
Franco Nero
Uncle Topolino
Vanessa Redgrave
Mama Topolino, The Quee...
Bruce Campbell
Rod "Torque" Redline
Michel Michelis
Tomber
Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gorvette
Darell Waltrip
Darrell Cartrip
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
David Hobbs
David Hobbscap
Jeff Garlin
Otis
Richard Kind
Van
Edie McClurg
Minny
Stanley Townsend
Ivan the Tow Truck, Vic...
Brad Lewis
Tubbs Pacer
Brent Musberger
Brent Mustangburger
Velibor Topic
Alexander Hugo
Patrick Walker
Mel Dorado
John Mainieri
J. Curby Gremlin
Teresa Gallagher
Mater's Computer
Sig Hansen
Crabby

Critic Reviews for Cars 2

All Critics (199) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (77) | Rotten (123) | DVD (9)

It's an example of what a sequel should, or at least can, be.

June 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Newsday

| Comments (17)

Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Top Critic

Cars 2 is marginally better than its predecessor, but the same problem still remains: Cars just aren't very interesting as anthropomorphic animation vehicles (pun intended).

June 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

Larry the Cable Guy has helped make Mater one of Pixar's sweetest creations. He just happens to reside in the studio's least-magical franchise.

June 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Denver Post

| Comments (9)

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Top Critic

Not that Cars 2 is an actively bad animated film. It's just sort of an average animated film.

June 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Detroit News

| Comments (4)

Tom Long

Detroit News

Top Critic

Unlike most Pixar fare, this isn't a movie you can imagine many adults wanting to see without their children in tow.

June 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

| Comments (5)

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Although it would be unfair to label Cars 2 as unwatchable, it is surprisingly tedious in parts and not as satisfying as one might expect.

June 24, 2011 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Cars 2 is a very messy concoction, but it does prove entertaining every once in a while.

January 29, 2012 Full Review Source: IGN DVD

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R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

With Cars 2 it seems Pixar may have fallen on the self-made sword of success. But even for adult audiences, it is no more than middling - it is neither terribly good nor terrible, but it still out-performs the majority of rival animation studios' output.

January 2, 2012 Full Review Source: What Culture

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Simon Gallagher

What Culture

It's so eye-popping that Cars 2 easily ranks as one of the best 3D entries this year.

December 29, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

...Cars 2 is a bright and breezy excursion that avoids the slow patches the original had...

December 7, 2011 Full Review Source: Flicks.co.nz

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Andrew Hedley

Flicks.co.nz

Cars dazzled my eyes and warmed my heart. Cars 2 ... inspired resistance instead of welcome.

November 23, 2011 Full Review Source: Looking Closer

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Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

A two-disc Blu-ray set intended for those head over heels in love with the movie or Pixar purists unwilling to leave a void in their collection.

November 7, 2011 Full Review Source: Hollywood.com

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Matt Patches

Hollywood.com

Kids will be entertained and so will adults. I just didn't find myself particularly engaged.

November 1, 2011 Full Review Source: MSN.com

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Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

The action is non-stop and pleasing to the eye, but somewhere along the way, Pixar's soul was left behind.

October 20, 2011 Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

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Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Don't tell the kids, but Santa Claus isn't real and Pixar is fallible.

October 7, 2011 Full Review Source: The Wrap

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Leah Rozen

The Wrap

The summer's first must-see family film is another cross-generational treasure from Pixar-Disney, with a full tank of humor, high-tech animation in the service of a good story, and heart.

September 8, 2011 Full Review Source: American Profile

| Comment (1)

Neil Pond

American Profile

unlikely to be regarded among the best of the American studios' work, Cars 2 is a likeable sequel with dazzling visuals and adheres to everything Disney stands for.

September 1, 2011 Full Review Source: The National

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James Luxford

The National

Pixar's first bad film relies more on merchandising opportunities than storytelling ones.

August 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy

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Wesley Lovell

Oscar Guy

The whole thing's basically Theseus' paradox as performed by a cast of sentient automobiles.

July 28, 2011 Full Review Source: Ultra Culture

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Charlie Lyne

Ultra Culture

Though technically up to snuff, it's flat-footed stuff.

July 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

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Philip French

Observer [UK]

Visuals look spectacular and action sequences take full advantage of the 3D format so you feel like you are burning rubber down winding roads at dizzying speed.

July 22, 2011 Full Review Source: Liverpool Echo

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Catherine Jones

Liverpool Echo

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First pretty sure the 3d was useless. Really not needed. Second this is Pixar and the movie looked amazing. Nothing short of stunning.The problem with Cars 2 is it really is the mater show. My daughter liked the entire movie. But to me it was James Bond with mater. Unfortunately for me Larry the Cable Guy is not my cup

June 20, 2011

John Manard

Super Reviewer

The question that popped in everybody's mind when Pixar announcing they will make the sequel for 'Cars' is : "Is Pixar already insane by making a sequel of a talking cars that lost to some dancing penguin?" For me, no Pixar is not crazy but they already built 'Cars' with full of the merchandise and they afraid to lose

September 28, 2010

Sanjaya 丘耀文

Super Reviewer

Cars 2 Quotes

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1. Mater: Don't eat the free pistachio ice cream.
– Submitted by Halley M (4 months ago)
1. Mater: You guys know I'm just a tow truck.
2. Finn McMissile: [to Holley] It's his cover. [to Mater] Right! And I'm in the import-export business!
3. Mater: Wait. What?
– Submitted by Declan R (4 months ago)
1. Mater: Hey! You're doin' good! You got all the leaves!
– Submitted by Vaneay C (4 months ago)
1. Mater: Yeah, that Italian folk you got on there can't talk that way about Lightnin McQueen. He's the bestest racecar in the world.
2. Francesco Bernoulli: If he is, say, the 'bestest racecar in the world, then why must he rest, eh?
– Submitted by Vaneay C (4 months ago)
1. Mater: An idiot? Is that how you see me?
2. Finn McMissile: That's how everyone sees you. That's the genius of it. Nobody realizes they're being fooled because they're too busy laughing AT the fool.
– Submitted by Vaneay C (4 months ago)

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