Bottom
Line: Disney
takes to the skies with this well-meaning, highly marketable and yet meandering
and unmemorable mess of a movie that favors the selling of back-to-school
backpacks in lieu of character development, story structure and talented voice
work. There’s no hiding the fact that
this rudderless and lazily fashioned vessel was originally intended for
straight-to-DVD consumption – it’s a carbon copy of Pixar’s CARS without the
wit, heart and humor. My house, however,
was divided as Mrs. Movie Guy loved it (A+),
my 8-year old really liked it (A-),
my 6-year old thought it was pretty good
(B+) and my 3-year old was overjoyed
with a dinner of popcorn and Red Vines… Pixar Animation is a maverick in the
world of animated cinema – creative, adventurous, unique, exciting and fun –
while Disney, at least this time out and on their own, becomes the goose as it
lays a disjointingly harmless, rent-it-as-a-92-minute-babysitter cinematic egg.
Starring
the voices of: Dane Cook, Brad Garrett, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stacy Keach, Teri Hatcher,
Cedric the Entertainer, John Cleese, Anthony Edwards, Priyanka Chopra, Val
Kilmer and Sinbad
Directed by: Klay Hall
Rated: PG
Running time: 92 minutes
Story: Dusty is a crop duster who dreams of
competing in the most exhilarating around-the-world air race in history.
Unfortunately, he is hopelessly afraid of heights, but with the support of his
mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty takes off to heights he never dreamed
possible.
Trailer: www.movies.disney.com/planes
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