Speed Racer
2008, Action/Adventure, 2h 15m
217 Reviews 250,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Overloaded with headache-inducing special effects, Speed Racer finds the Wachowskis focused on visual thrills at the expense of a coherent storyline. Read critic reviews
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Speed
Trixie
Mom Racer
Pops Racer
Racer X
Royalton
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Critic Reviews for Speed Racer
All Critics (217) | Top Critics (58) | Fresh (88) | Rotten (129)
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Amid the overly earnest tone, (almost) squeaky-clean humor and familiar messages about teamwork and integrity is the rare film family that's as strong at the start as they are by the end.
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You have to be 12 to like it, and I have to say there is little or nothing here to remind us why we were all quite so excited about The Matrix.
October 18, 2008 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
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October 18, 2008 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… -
Twelve-year-old boys should be wowed, but for the rest of us, it will depend on your appetite for eye candy.
October 18, 2008 | Full Review… -
Even the target audience of 10-year-olds might get jimmy legs sitting for a punishing 135 minutes as the Wachowski brothers projectile-vomit their cotton-candy dreams all over the big screen.
October 18, 2008 | Rating: 2/4 -
Given that Speed Racer itself is basically an elaborate commercial, the anti-corporate message inevitably rings hollow.
June 12, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Speed Racer
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Oct 08, 2015Speed Racer is a movie for kids with plot elements for adults. Being of a younger generation, I did not find the movie to be sensory overload like some other viewers but can definitely see that as a legit point. Actually, I had mixed feelings on the visuals. Initially I found them cheap and fake but later found them to fit the theme and spirit of the movie. Overall, while not a great movie, Speed Racer has good sentiment and fun moments throughout and as a family movie I find it impossible to rate down.Robert B Super Reviewer
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Jul 01, 2014The Wachowski Brothers bring the cult anime series Speed Racer to the big screen as a garish, visually captivating spectacle. The story follows a race car driver named Speed who fights to step out of his older brother's shadow and win the world championship without compromising the integrity of his family's motor company. Starring Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Christina Ricci, and Matthew Fox, the cast is quite strong and delivers some good performances. However, as fascinating as the visual aesthetic is, the special effects are overdone and make the surrealist backgrounds seem incredibly fake and distracting. Additionally, the tone of the film is disjointed; mixing juvenile comedy with intense action and melodrama. While it has some impressive visuals and some high-energy races, Speed Racer is a crazy mess.Dann M Super Reviewer
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May 06, 2013The Wachowski Bros trade in the cleverness and storytelling for fast-paced racing and typical nonsense. Speed Racer is a visually a remarkable adaptation of the television series, but could be improved in many many different ways with its flat story and simplistic performances from its ensemble. 2.5/5Eugene B Super Reviewer
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Nov 04, 2012Andy and Lana (formerly Larry) Wachkowski are probably best known for directing the Matrix trilogy, the first of which set standards incredibly high for anything and everything thus far that followed or has followed. Their live-action, special-effects-heavy adaptation of the Speed Racer anime doesn't come close to touching the intellectual, revolutionary surface of The Matrix; although as a film that exists on its own, it's a fairly entertaining attempt at expanding to a larger audience for the duo. Plotting is a mixed bag due to a younger audience also being in mind, but the effects are surreal and wonderful enough to engage those who are complete technical geeks like myself when it comes to films. Messy and not quite a good movie, but it looks and feels like a live-action cartoon. It's art on its own right.Ryan M Super Reviewer
Speed Racer Quotes
| C.I.B. Security Man: | I'm sorry to disturb you sir, but do you know these people? |
| Speed: | [leans over to see his family and a very angry Pops Racer] Yeah... |
| Speed: | Get that weak shit off my track! |
| Trixie: | Was that a ninja? |
| Pops: | More like a nonja, terrible what passes for a ninja these days. |
| Mom: | I don't go to watch you race...I go to watch you make art. |
| Mom: | I don't go to watch you race, I go to watch you make art. |
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