Speed Racer
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: May 9, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
14
Negative:
15
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75
PremiereGlenn Kenny
This is not a film occurring in an alternate or imaginary reality; rather, it is a film of NO reality, that is, a picture that changes the rules of its universe strictly according to its creators' whims. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
At its best, it's buoyant pop entertainment focused on three things: speed, racing and retina-splitting oceans of digitally captured color. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Speed Racer offers a crazy, turbo-charged mix of cartoon kitsch, gamer action, and a wild new way to think of - and look at - movies. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Aimed squarely at family audiences, the Wachowski Brothers' return behind the camera for the first time since the "Matrix" trilogy is a blur of video action painting and very loud sounds notable solely for its technical wizardry. In every other respect, it's pure cotton candy -- entirely non-nutritious but too sweet and pretty for young people to resist. Read full review
70
TimeRichard Corliss
Speed Racer announces the arrival of the virtual movie. If you watch the film overwhelmed by the assault of seductive visual information and wonder what you're seeing, here's the happy answer: the future of movies. Read full review
70
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Speed Racer creates a timeless, visually seductive world suspended somewhere between the pop '60s and the sci-fi future. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
This one is a kiddie show all the way, with characters as broad and one-dimensional as a billboard, a vision of good and evil as simple as a bumper sticker and a tiresome chimpanzee mugging through every other scene like something from a bad Tarzan movie. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Filled with energy and visual pizzazz and at least strives for something more than dumb entertainment. Read full review
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