Cars: lots of fun but occasionally misses a shift - Cars Reviews

Whether you're a stock car racing fan or not, CARS is lively, fun, and to a great degree, up to the standards of FINDING NEMO and TOY STORY, its Pixar predecessors. The voice characterizations are stellar as always (Paul Newman can do more acting with his voice than most of today's top stars can with their whole body) and the animation ascends to an all time high. CARS only problem materializes in the middle of the movie when the story drags a bit (I caught my daughter nodding...) but the tale redeems itself in the end. Kudos to the voices of Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shaloub and his infectious accent, and Larry the Cable Guy who for all practical purposes steals the movie. CARS at least gives us one reason to darken the door of our local theater this summer.