Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 18 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
...by Pixar's outrageous standards of Oscar shoo-in virtuosity, this sequel is a disappointment at best.
– Logan Hill,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
24 Jun 2011
fresh:
Cars 2 is marginally better than its predecessor, but the same problem still remains: Cars just aren't very interesting as anthropomorphic animation vehicles (pun intended).
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
24 Jun 2011
fresh:
It's an example of what a sequel should, or at least can, be.
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
24 Jun 2011
rotten:
Time, perhaps, for the franchise to be towed off to the scrapyard. Sorry, Pixar.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
19 Jul 2011
rotten:
Don't tell the kids, but Santa Claus isn't real and Pixar is fallible.