Planes (2013)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 106
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 77
Planes has enough bright colors, goofy voices, and slick animation to distract some young viewers for 92 minutes -- and probably sell plenty of toys in the bargain -- but on nearly every other level, it's a Disney disappointment.
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 18
Planes has enough bright colors, goofy voices, and slick animation to distract some young viewers for 92 minutes -- and probably sell plenty of toys in the bargain -- but on nearly every other level, it's a Disney disappointment.
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Movie Info
Cars gets a spin-off with this Disney Toon Studios film starring the voice of Dane Cook as a vertically-challenged plane with high hopes of becoming an air racer. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Cast
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Dane Cook
Dusty Crophopper -
Stacy Keach
Skipper -
Brad Garrett
Chug -
Teri Hatcher
Dottie -
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Rochelle -
Priyanka Chopra
Ishani -
John Cleese
Bulldog -
Cedric the Entertain...
Leadbottom -
Carlos Alazraqui
El Chupacabra -
Roger Craig Smith
Ripslinger -
Anthony Edwards
Echo -
Val Kilmer
Bravo -
Sinbad
Roper -
Gabriel Iglesias
Ned/Zed -
Brent Musberger
Brent Mustangburger -
Colin Cowherd
Colin Cowling -
Danny Mann
Sparky -
Oliver Kalkofe
Franz/Fliegenhosen -
John Ratzenberger
Harland -
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All Critics (106) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (77)
An endearing enough David-and-Goliath tale, aimed squarely at younger kids.
Top CriticA visually colorful but otherwise vanilla continuation of the series.
Strictly by the numbers, from the believe-in-yourself moral to the purely predictable ending.
Has the look and feel of Pixar's 2006 hit, "Cars," if not the latter's charm or strong story.
"Planes" is for the most part content to imitate rather than innovate, presumably hoping to reap a respectable fraction of the box office numbers of "Cars" and "Cars 2," which together made hundreds of millions of dollars.
As with "Cars," the world of "Planes" feels safe. A little too safe, perhaps.
Beautifully (duh!) and expensively (duh squared!) animated, this has its charms, but ultimately gets a little yawn-worthy, with too many characters, too much going on and too many unanswered questions.
Think Cars, but with planes. Passable, pleasant, mildly fun and apparently written by computer.
The schmaltzy resolution may work for the undemanding, but given how much fabulous work has gone into the film, it's a shame the result isn't a more complete success
Reach for the stars is the theme of this Disney 3D animation and while it's cute in part, it lacks the throttle of Pixar's Cars franchise
At the end of "Planes," you may wonder why it wasn't released straight to DVD, which is how I'd bet the promised sequel "Planes: Fire & Rescue" will be seen.
The globe-hopping story may keep young viewers diverted, but with the destination so clearly mapped out from the start, grown-ups will find the film something of a long haul.
Plays like the cheap DisneyToons small screen cash-in effort it clearly was conceived and always meant to be.
In the skies, as on tarmac, this remains the world's most fossil-fuel-friendly franchise.
Visually, "Planes" aircraft characters owe a huge debt to cartoonist Hank Caruso, who's been doing this stuff for decades ... As a movie, "Planes" is pretty meh.
Flimsy - weighted down with an air of familiarity
Disney's new yarn about a little underdog airplane with big dreams feels like the studio just strapped some wings on another movie---'Cars.'
A forgettable, though not dislikable, affair.
Many youngsters in a packed charity screening I attended were fidgeting and talking.
That Planes couldn't even manage to improve upon Cars 2 is downright heartbreaking.
Too much of the same old same old here at the end of summer; the plot of this one is too similar to "Turbo" which got there first.
For "international", read "packed with wince-worthy ethnic stereotyping" - it's the only way the writers know how to define character in a universe this soulless.
The story is routine and the animation rarely inspired, which makes it feel as if nobody cared enough to make the film soar.
Disney takes over Pixar's "World of Cars" with this spin-off that no-one really asked for. Indeed, this is an essentially disposable adventure, smiley and formulaic with a few minor thrills and a gentle sense of humour.
It may not soar as high as its Pixar counterparts, but Disney's 'Planes'[ takes off nicely as a good-natured addition to 'The World of Cars.'
It's an amiable enough entertainment, gentle and good-natured ...
Audience Reviews for Planes
Super Reviewer
In this PG-rated animated adventure, cropdusting plane Dusty (Cook) competes in an air race and confronts his fear of heights with the support of his mentor Skipper (Keach) and friends (Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher).
Disney should've stuck to Planes' original intended release format: direct-to-video. Topped off with C-Grade zingers and Grade C caricatures, this Air Farce tries greasing the cast list with C-List stars. Together with some brilliantly detailed animation, these celebrity pipes end up to be the only frills worth the price of flight. Oftentimes predictable and silly, it falls so far from attaining a Pixar level of quality that adults and older kids will get bored.
Bottom line: Flop Gun.
Super Reviewer
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- Dusty Crophopper: I've flown thousands and thousands of miles, and have never gone anywhere.
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- Bulldog: I don't cry, I'm British.
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- Dusty Crophopper: I'm afraid of heights.
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