Looking back on Pixar’s “Cars”—and why it should have been about people

This weekend, I watched “Cars.” Since it’s quarantine, and we’re all doing some weird things, I decided to take another look at Pixar’s atrocious 2006 film. Directed by John Lasseter, the world of “Cars” is inconsistent and confusing, and manages to obscure the potentially poignant effect of the relatively simple storyline. This frustrated me somewhat, but what really ruined “Cars” for me was the knowledge that this film was a wasted opportunity. “Cars” could have been an opportunity to tell a story about America’s economic and cultural disregard for middle America, but all that is quickly squandered by the confusing setting, a problem which the film created for itself by limiting its form to automobiles…

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