Planes Reviews
Rip It Up
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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
3AW
Think Cars, but with planes. Passable, pleasant, mildly fun and apparently written by computer.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Urban Cinefile
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
Irish Times
In the skies, as on tarmac, this remains the world's most fossil-fuel-friendly franchise.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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.
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| Original Score: 3
Contactmusic.com
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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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.'
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| Original Score: 3/4
Guardian [UK]
It's an amiable enough entertainment, gentle and good-natured ...
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| Original Score: 3/5
Sky Movies
At its best, Planes soars above anything Disney Animation Stuios have produced in recent years on a computer, and when it's not quite that high, it remains an singularly child-friendly affair.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Top CriticAn endearing enough David-and-Goliath tale, aimed squarely at younger kids.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Kaplan vs. Kaplan
Since Disney and Pixar are now one and the same, the head honchos must have thought rehashing a proven formula would be a good idea. Not so much ---
Common Sense Media
Airborne adventure is OK for a few laughs; some stereotypes.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Fresno Bee
Planes isn't going to join the pantheon of great animated Disney movies, but when it comes to light entertainment, it takes off smoothly, glides along on a sweet script and lands softly on a nice message.
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| Original Score: B
Decent Films Guide
While I'm not sure it needs a theatrical release, I'm struck by the rarity of seeing such a comparatively simple, innocent cartoon on the big screen.
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| Original Score: B
Jam! Movies
Planes is good enough, and may fly at the boxoffice, but it does not soar to the heavens.
Beliefnet
The modest ambitions for this movie are refreshing in a summer of over-plotted movies for kids.
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| Original Score: B
Orange County Register
A zippy little programmer designed to exploit the same vehicles-as-people formula as the Cars franchise.
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| Original Score: B-
While the plotting is rather pedestrian, the humour mostly lame, what makes Planes a stand-out experience - not surprisingly, based on Disney's vast and impressive history of animated classics - is the visuals.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
honeycuttshollywood.com
The movie is surprisingly not-bad considering that the original impulse behind the film was mercantile rather the artistic
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| Original Score: 5
