Cars 2 (2011)

May 14, 2017 1:20 PM

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).

39/50 on Rotten Tomatoes, 4.5 stars from Roger Ebert, and 3 stars, 8+ from Common Sense Media

This movie divided audiences.
After a Winning Streak, Pixar Gets Its First “Rotten” Movie: Cars 2
"Larry The Cable Guy’s hillbilly tow truck Mater must have sold a lot of toys and played like gangbusters for focus-group respondents, because Cars 2 makes the vehicular redneck its proud centerpiece. "

posted by the man of twists and turns (2 comments total)

I think I've said this before, in a comment on the blue, but...I think the film is fine as far as it goes, just mistitled, which set the expectations too high. It's not Cars 2. It's Mater: The Spy Who Lubed Me.
posted by Shmuel510 at 3:08 PM on May 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

gorgeous scenery, but everyone is so stereotypical and without much diversity. Where are the "half english / half french" cars (Dad was a Range Rover, Mom was a Peugeot type of thing)? everyone seems to be 100% from whatever country (car type) they are from...
posted by alchemist at 3:17 AM on May 15, 2017