Cars 2

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Cars 2

G

2011

1h 47m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Racecar Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his tow-truck buddy, Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), have had their share of adventures together but nothing like what they experience when they head overseas for the first-ever World Grand Prix. While Lightning has his eye on the road to the championship, Mater takes a detour to international espionage when he meets British master spy Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) and stunning spy-in-training Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer).

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Critics Consensus

Cars 2 is as visually appealing as any other Pixar production, but all that dazzle can't disguise the rusty storytelling under the hood.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

04/02/2019

2/5

The trouble with stuffing too much into a film quickly becomes evident in Cars 2, as the plotlines tumble and collide with each other creating, mostly, cacophony.

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Leah Rozen

TheWrap

10/07/2011

Don't tell the kids, but Santa Claus isn't real and Pixar is fallible.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

07/22/2011

3/5

It is all quite jolly and fast-paced, a feast for the eyes, but there's not much for the mind or the heart.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

07/17/2025

3/5

Cars 2 gives us a fun James Bond-style brainless plot that flat out entertains.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

03/12/2023

3/4

It may not live up to the usual sophistication associated with the animation studio, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad film.

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Petrana Radulovic

Polygon

03/01/2021

It's all the delight of a spy movie, but with the added fact of Oh right, they're all cars!

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Bruno L

@RT39761859 14h

Cars 2 me parece muy buena aunque lamentablemente fue criticada injustamente igualmente se hace una buena película, no entiendo porque la critican si es buena aunque bueno ya que es una de mis películas favoritas,pero bueno ya uno puede opinar sus cosas

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Charles T

@CharlesGaming1000 5d

Luckily, it’s not horrible 🤷‍♂️

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Ahmad Edris S

@draxzilla Aug 24

Definitely less of a racing movie I like the message of stopping and showing greed and the things corruption is able to do mater was good learning about him.

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Daniel M

Aug 23

Honestly is a very fun random film in this Cars universe. I admit upon initially seeing this in theatres long ago, it wasn’t as enjoyable. Yet that likely was having some sort of expectation upon the original film. Regardless my tastes in film and life have significantly evolved since those many many years ago. This film is refreshing to see and just fun. I don’t need to watch it again and again. And that is what I think it was. Cars the original is something easy to rewatch again and again. It is a classic. This film isn’t a classic. So it doesn’t necessarily have the same type of rewatch ability. It does though have simply more ridiculousness and unique characters and just fun story going on. It’s for a different type of mood or vibe of rewatch ability. Overall it’s fun to see a great fun film made in different ways by a studio whether it is a sequel or an original or whatnot.

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Luke V

@RT06723071 Aug 21

Cars 2 is the GOAT. I love how this movie is centered around Mater, instead of Lightning McQueen. This is the only Cars film to not have Lightning as the lead character. It has John Lasseter return from the first film to direct a masterpiece. And also Micheal Giacchino’s score, which changed everything in my head! Cars is definitely the GOAT!

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Kit K

@kitthebug Aug 21

PEAK (only watch if ur ready for something different from the other cars movies) its magnificent absolutely spectacular words can not describe how much i loved this movie 10/10 movie absolutely amazing

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Synopsis

Racecar Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his tow-truck buddy, Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), have had their share of adventures together but nothing like what they experience when they head overseas for the first-ever World Grand Prix. While Lightning has his eye on the road to the championship, Mater takes a detour to international espionage when he meets British master spy Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) and stunning spy-in-training Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer).

Director: John Lasseter
Producer: Denise Ream
Screenwriter: Ben Queen
Distributor: Walt Disney, Pixar Animation Studios
Production Co: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Studios
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 24, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS

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