Cars 3

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Cars 3

G

Released Jun 16, 2017

1h 49m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast cars, the legendary Lighting McQueen finds himself pushed out of the sport that he loves. Hoping to get back in the game, he turns to Cruz Ramirez, an eager young technician who has her own plans for winning. With inspiration from the Fabulous Hudson Hornet and a few unexpected turns, No. 95 prepares to compete on Piston Cup Racing's biggest stage.

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Critics Consensus

Cars 3 has an unexpectedly poignant story to go with its dazzling animation, suggesting Pixar's most middle-of-the-road franchise may have a surprising amount of tread left.

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Kristen Lopez

Culturess

Cars 3 is a decent reconstituted Rocky with a bizarre faux feminist subplot and beautiful animation.

Nov 20, 2017

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Cars 3, which picks up where the first, perfectly adequate, film left off, is by far the best instalment in the series.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 11, 2017

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

It's a colourful, spry enough ride, but it doesn't exactly reinvent the wheel.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 16, 2017

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

When that heart gear hits, all of the repetitiveness washes away to a satisfying series of smiles that you’re going to have a hard time wiping off of your face.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 17, 2025

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Fletcher Powell

KMUW - Wichita Public Radio

Cars 3 is every sports movie you’ve ever seen.

May 12, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Cars 3 has a well-worn, delivers-what's-expected quality that lacks vitality.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 23, 2022

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Julian

informative but boring

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/21/24

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Andrei S

Not the ending I was expecting and some scenes kind of disapointing but, it's not bad.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/14/25

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Jackson W

This movie is great, the poster was very intriguing. The movie does capture racing and the cycle of life of having new competition enter the scene.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/12/25

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/08/25

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Blu B

A Classic of the franchise and a good way to end things. It's also undoes a lot of the bad taste and complete off the rails of 2. It's solidly made all around. Mater gets Jar Jar Binks treatment where he's basically an afterthought and gets less than 5 minutes of the runtime. It's back to McQueen and a friend this time. Cruz is likeable and seeing the two of them go at it is fun. There really is three problems here. None of them are terminal or broken though. First the core plot is really really simliar to the first one where McQueen just has to get faster. There is more underlying commentary on retirement though here and what dictateswhen you call it which I did like. Second this feels like it has a focus issue where McQueen is the main focus half the time but Cruz gets more focus at times and it just feels uneven throughout. Although it does come together in the end in a nice way. Finally, it is predictable or at least it was for me by the second half how it would go and it pretty much goes the exact way you think. It's almost like a road movie sort of but it osscillates between Cruz & McQueen but never the two together. I did like overall though. Maybe there could've been more growth of the returning characters but they aren't in this that much consistently. Anyone who is a fan of the franchise, voice actors in this, or want a family racing movie should check this out. Good way for the trilogy to wrap it up.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/02/25

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Adxy F

It's my least favourite Cars movie

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/28/25

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Synopsis

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast cars, the legendary Lighting McQueen finds himself pushed out of the sport that he loves. Hoping to get back in the game, he turns to Cruz Ramirez, an eager young technician who has her own plans for winning. With inspiration from the Fabulous Hudson Hornet and a few unexpected turns, No. 95 prepares to compete on Piston Cup Racing's biggest stage.

Director: Brian Fee
Producer: Kevin Reher
Screenwriter: Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson, Mike Rich
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 16, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $152.9M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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