ORIGINAL TITLE Disney's Planes

YEAR 2013 Apple Trailer

RUNNING TIME 92 min. 

COUNTRY

DIRECTOR Klay Hall

SCREENWRITER Klay Hall

COMPOSER Mark Mancina

CINEMATOGRAPHER Animation

CAST Animation

STUDIO/PRODUCER DisneyToon Studios / Prana Animation Studios

OFFICIAL WEB http://disney.go.com/cars/#/movies/planes

GENRE Animation. Comedy. Adventure. Kids | Planes. Spin-off. 3-D

SYNOPSIS/PLOT Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true.

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"Diverting in bits and pieces, but absent the heart, soul and ingenuity one associates with the best of Disney animation" (Justin Chang: Variety)

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"What really undoes the movie is its seen-it-all-before familiarity (...) The characters may soar, but viewers’ spirits stay grounded (...) Rating: ** (out of five)" (Keith Uhlich: Time Out)

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"While visually engaging, this production of Disneytoon Studios -- it was originally slated to go direct-to-DVD -- lacks the sort of character depth and dramatic scope normally associated with the Pixar brand" (Michael Rechtshaffen: The Hollywood Reporter)

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"What 'Planes' lacks in novelty, it makes up for with eye-popping aerial sequences and a high-flying comic spirit" (Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly)

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"What a clunker (...) Rating: * (out of five)" (Kimberley Jones: Austin Chronicle)

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"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 (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of four)" (Lou Lumenick: New York Post)

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"Essentially 'Cars' in midair (...) Rating: ** (out of four)" (Claudia Puig: USA Today)

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"'Planes' has practically no visual distinction, it's a complete knockoff, but I think it'll get by with the kids (...) Rating: ** (out of four)" (Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune)

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"'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" (Neil Genzlinger: The New York Times)

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