Planes has enough bright colors, goofy voices, and slick animation to distract some young viewers for 92 minutes -- and probably sell plenty of toys in the bargain -- but on nearly every other level, it's a Disney disappointment.
Essentially, it's Cars retold with planes. Small, undiscerning kiddies will probably love it and demand the DVD on repeat; adults will be nosediving into their popcorn with boredom.
Read full articleIn the skies, as on tarmac, this remains the world's most fossil-fuel-friendly franchise.
Read full articleFor "international", read "packed with wince-worthy ethnic stereotyping" - it's the only way the writers know how to define character in a universe this soulless.
Read full articleA palatable but whateverish 3D children's comedy about a lowly single-prop plane from the Midwest who dreams of flying around the world in an international race.
Read full articleDisneyToon Studios have borrowed so much from Pixar here, and yet they seem to have learned almost nothing.
Read full articlePlanes is sweet. It’s also insubstantial and feels incomplete; a film I think I might have liked better if I’d never seen Pixar’s Cars.
Read full articleOne film that should find itself grounded from the box-office airways rather quickly.
Read full articleYou know it's really hard to defend this film because it's so average. It's boringly average for a feature film release but it's not completely terrible.
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