Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true.
"Planes" is for the most part content to imitate rather than innovate, presumably hoping to reap a respectable fraction of the box office numbers of "Cars" and "Cars 2," which together made hundreds of millions of dollars.
– Neil Genzlinger,
New York Times,
8 Aug 2013
rotten:
Has the look and feel of Pixar's 2006 hit, "Cars," if not the latter's charm or strong story.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
8 Aug 2013
rotten:
Strictly by the numbers, from the believe-in-yourself moral to the purely predictable ending.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
9 Aug 2013
rotten:
A visually colorful but otherwise vanilla continuation of the series.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
9 Aug 2013
fresh:
An endearing enough David-and-Goliath tale, aimed squarely at younger kids.