Family Anime Entertainer ----- Cars 2

by Tammy
(Miami, FL)

Lightning McQueen is very cool in the dusty town of Radiator Springs with his buddy and the buck-toothed Mater waiting for the new racing season to begin with. When a new challenger,Francesco Bernoulli threatens to defeat him in the cross-countries race, McQueen has no option but to accept the challenge and once again prove he is the best car on the race track.

The exciting part of the movie are the picturing the locales where McQueen tests his skills on the race track. London, Paris, Tokyo and Italy almost dazzle you with Pixar's impeccable animation creating art on screen.

Then of course, there is the friendship between the somewhat dim-witted but golden-hearted Mater and the spunky McQueen. And unlikely romantic angle between the rickety dump truck, Mater and the sprightly British intelligence agent Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer) and you have enough sound bytes and sweet little messages on friendship, love, respect and acceptance to carry home.

The film does get a bit complicated with too much of the espionage plot and the fuel controversy and the focus tends to shift from the races which are the essence of the film. But by and large, Cars 2 is fun for the family and great fun for kids. But I felt the part one was better.