Planes: Fire & Rescue
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: July 18, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
15
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianMike McCahillSep 22, 2014
The action is colourful, the vistas as organic as pixels will allow and, once it gets past the quickfire editing of the early stages, considered application of 3D heightens the sense of space and glide. Not much magic, but an appreciable level of polish. Read full review
60
TheWrapJames RocchiJul 4, 2014
This movie hardly rates as first-class animation, but it gets in, gets the job done, and moves on both swiftly and well. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJul 18, 2014
The sequel, Planes: Fire and Rescue, is still a DisneyToon production, but it does aim higher, with a visual zip that was lacking from the first. It is, in almost all respects, a better movie. It’s still not particularly good, though. Read full review
50
Washington PostJen ChaneyJul 17, 2014
The Disney animators still take great care to capture the majestic beauty in the jagged landscapes and towering conifers of the Yellowstone-esque Piston Peak Park. Unfortunately, the same contours and shading don’t apply to the characters. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigJul 17, 2014
With the lackluster quality of its characters — aircraft, a smattering of trucks, RVs and motorcycles — the movie makes Pixar's Cars and its sequel look like masterpieces. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubJul 17, 2014
An occasionally rousing but mostly just adequate sequel to last year's "Planes." Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartJul 16, 2014
This Disney sequel to 2013’s “Planes” is a lot like flying coach: serviceable, but not trying that hard. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJul 16, 2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue is roughly twice as good as its predecessor, Planes, which was so story-and-laugh starved it would have given “direct-to-video” a bad name. Yes, there was nowhere to go but up. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJul 4, 2014
Beautiful to look at, this is nothing more than a Little Engine That Could story refitted to accommodate aerial action and therefore unlikely to engage the active interest of anyone above the age of about 8, or 10 at the most. Read full review
42
HitfixDrew McWeenyJul 17, 2014
These self-actualization stories, while certainly well-intentioned, get exhausting after a while, and it also starts to make storytelling for kids feel like it's all wrapped in this language of affirmation, and it smothers the simple joy of creating good characters we want to spend time with. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jul 16, 2014
It’s nice to look at, easy to watch, and impossible to remember for the length of a car-ride home. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanJul 18, 2014
Surprisingly dull. Read full review
40
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJul 17, 2014
In 3-D, the firefighting scenes are visually striking — with plumes of smoke and chemical dust — though the backgrounds, like other aspects of the film, lack dimension. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleLouis BlackJul 16, 2014
Overall, Planes: Fire & Rescue, though featuring lovely graphics and stunning animation, is just too mundane. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJul 15, 2014
A time-killing kid-flick whose title is an exact summary of its plot. Read full review
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