Cars 3

Company's cash-cow franchise finds its oil-splattered heart and soul in story on the joy of passing the torch.

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Cars 3 doesn't have that much going on under the hood.

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Lightning McQueen, now facing the perils of being past his prime, returns in a touching sequel that gets the series back on track.

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Here’s something I never guessed I would say: It might be worth going into the new Cars movie spoiler-free.

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The formulaic Cars 3 may be the the clunkiest jalopy on the whole Pixar lot.

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There isn’t quite as much pep to the film’s narrative engine on this trip.

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Other than filling up toy aisles with cars sporting cute eyes, the Cars movies haven’t been as noteworthy or artistically successful as others on Pixar’s slate — not as ingeniously heartfelt as the Toy Story trilogy nor as enjoyably rambunctious as, say, Monsters, Inc. It's not like anybody's comparing any of the underwhelming Cars outings to the magical Inside Out.

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Lo and behold: here’s “Cars 3,” a smiley-faced Frankenstein’s monster comprised of bits and pieces lifted from every other sports film in existence.

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The franchise returns to its core values, with Owen Wilson's Lightning McQueen joined by newcomers Armie Hammer, Nathan Fillion and Cristela Alonzo.

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Cars 3 isn’t remarkable or groundbreaking or even all that memorable, but it’s a rock-solid movie that leaves a far better taste in the mouth than its critically panned predecessors.

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Tell me Cars 3 doesn’t do anything Cars didn’t if you want and try to argue how I shouldn’t have a problem here because I didn’t when a male car helped another male car.

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Little kids are the main audience for Pixar’s hit franchise — do they care about aging and obsolescence?

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The first “Cars,” such as it is, remains the most appealing in a relatively weak field. But if “Cars 3” pays for another “Ratatouille” or “Inside Out,” I say: slum away, slum away.

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Heavy on training montages and intergenerational torch passing, Cars 3 is an old-fashioned sports film at heart.

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The story, from a sextet of Disney/Pixar scribes, has a much less firm grip on the track.

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Aging champ Lightning McQueen returns to take on a high-tech rival in Pixar’s racing film.

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