Stock (Plot) Car Racing?

Does “Cars” maintain Pixar’s string of smashingly great films?

Personally, I don’t subscribe to the popular opinion that all of Pixar’s films have been four-star classics. A Bug’s Life, as colorful as it was, never did much for me, and Monster’s Inc. was injured by Billy Crystal’s tiresome schtick. But I love all of their other work, so I’m looking forward to Cars…

… even though the reviews coming in have coaxed me to lower my expectations.

Here’s Russ Breimeier’s review at Christianity Today Movies.

And here’s Steven D. Greydanus’s take.