The latest animated feature from Pixar lacks the inventiveness of the studio's best efforts — namely THE INCREDIBLES (2004) and the TOY STORY movies — but benefits from the company's magic touch with good old-fashioned storytelling. Set in an alternate universe where automobiles, not mankind, have evolved into the dominant species, the film follows hot-rod race car Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson), who is one victory away from becoming the first rookie to win the Piston Cup. On his way down Route 66 to the championship race in California, McQueen takes an unplanned detour into Radiator Springs, "the cutest little town in Carburetor County." A big-city car by...
Released:
2006
Rated:
G
Length:
116 mins