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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 5, 2017

In the skies, as on tarmac, this remains the world's most fossil-fuel-friendly franchise.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2013

For "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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 16, 2013

It's an amiable enough entertainment, gentle and good-natured ...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 15, 2013

A 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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 15, 2013

DisneyToon Studios have borrowed so much from Pixar here, and yet they seem to have learned almost nothing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 15, 2013

An endearing enough David-and-Goliath tale, aimed squarely at younger kids.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 13, 2013

A Pixney misfire.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 12, 2013

A visually colorful but otherwise vanilla continuation of the series.

| Aug 9, 2013

The plot is generic to a fault.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 9, 2013

What a clunker.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 9, 2013

While I'm not sure it needs a theatrical release, I'm struck by the rarity of seeing such a comparatively simple, innocent cartoon on the big screen.

| Original Score: B | Aug 9, 2013

The modest ambitions for this movie are refreshing in a summer of over-plotted movies for kids.

| Original Score: B | Aug 8, 2013

Has the look and feel of Pixar's 2006 hit, "Cars," if not the latter's charm or strong story.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 8, 2013

"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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2013

As with "Cars," the world of "Planes" feels safe. A little too safe, perhaps.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 8, 2013

It's engaging enough, driving home the familiar message of following one's dreams and the less hackneyed theme of facing one's fears. But it feels far too familiar

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 8, 2013

While the plotting is rather pedestrian, the humour mostly lame, what makes Planes a stand-out experience - not surprisingly, based on Disney's vast and impressive history of animated classics - is the visuals.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 8, 2013

A charmingly modest low-budget spin-off from Pixar's "Cars'' that provides more thrills and laughs for young children and their parents than many of its more elaborate brethren.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 8, 2013

If "Planes" were a reasonably priced download, you'd gladly use it to sedate your kids during a long car ride. As a theatrical, 3-D release, however, "Planes" will sedate you, too.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 8, 2013