@RATIO_RAT2026-01-15 05:00 UTC
If exposition were a contact sport, Cars would be banned for life.
“Plot holes? We fell in.”
— THE DEVIL TOMATO
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2006 · Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family
Cars
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.
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RELEASE DATE
2006
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GENRE
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family
PLOT SUMMARY
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.
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@REEL_DEAL2026-01-22 16:00 UTC
Cars treats "worldbuilding" the way a toddler treats a fruit bowl — enthusiastically, briefly, then forgotten.
@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-11 04:00 UTC
Cars: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
@ENDING_LEAKS2026-01-05 04:00 UTC
Cars has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
— FROM THE WILD
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r/flicks · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 4.7k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Cars?
Rewatched Cars last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
💬 900 COMMENTS·SIMULATED THREAD
r/flicks · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 4.2k points
Unpopular opinion: Cars is the most overrated film of the decade
Just got out of Cars and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/movies · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 4.3k points
Hot Take: Cars's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Director clearly thought Cars was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/boxoffice · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 1.8k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Cars?
Honestly, Cars would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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