Taking the Victory Lap ; Clever 'Cars' Checks in As a Classic Tale

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL › July 12, 2006

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Route 66 gets its own share of kicks from "Cars," Pixars latest, and maybe sweetest, celebration of American retro-culture.

Advance word on the street tagged the movie as a bit of a lemon - the first Pixar junker after six first-place sprints across the finish line ("Toy Storys 1-2," "A Bugs Life," "Monsters, Inc.," "Finding Nemo," "The Incredibles").

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Taking the Victory Lap ; Clever 'Cars' Checks in As a Classic Tale

Maybe you have to have been suckled by the Mother Road as most of us hereabouts have; maybe you need to have a neon-lit, pinstriped NASCAR shrine down in your rec room.

Heck, maybe you just need to have some neon.

Whatever. In his return to the directors chair for...

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