Planes

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Planes

PG

Released Aug 9, 2013

1h 32m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Dusty is a small-town plane who dreams of one day competing as a high-flying air racer. However, poor Dusty has two strikes against him: He's not built for racing, and he's terribly afraid of heights. To achieve his dream, Dusty turns to naval aviator Skipper. Skipper helps Dusty qualify to take on Ripslinger, the race circuit's defending champion. Dusty's courage faces the ultimate test, as he takes aim at heights he never dreamed were possible.

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Critics Consensus

Planes has enough bright colors, goofy voices, and slick animation to distract some young viewers for 92 minutes -- and probably sell plenty of toys in the bargain -- but on nearly every other level, it's a Disney disappointment.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Essentially, it's Cars retold with planes. Small, undiscerning kiddies will probably love it and demand the DVD on repeat; adults will be nosediving into their popcorn with boredom.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 5, 2017

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

In the skies, as on tarmac, this remains the world's most fossil-fuel-friendly franchise.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 23, 2013

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Guy Lodge

London Evening Standard

For "international", read "packed with wince-worthy ethnic stereotyping" - it's the only way the writers know how to define character in a universe this soulless.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 16, 2013

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JD Duran

InSession Film

It’s all about Cook and Keach, whose relationship and characters are the main focus here.

Rated: B

Aug 16, 2024

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Anna M.M. Vetticad

annavetticadgoes2themovies

Planes is sweet. It’s also insubstantial and feels incomplete; a film I think I might have liked better if I’d never seen Pixar’s Cars.

Rated: 2.75/5

Jan 15, 2023

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

One film that should find itself grounded from the box-office airways rather quickly.

Rated: 2.0/4.0

Sep 20, 2020

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Tony M

I just watched this movie again for maybe the 4th or 5th time since it came out. I can proudly say, as a 47 y/o, that own both stories on Fandango at Home app. I first watched this movie in theaters with my wife and 2 daughters when they were around 10 and 6 which is why I bought it for them way back then when they came out of DVD/Blue-ray/Digital combos for VUDU. (Yup, that old ;-) ...) Let me be honest here... This movie is NOT the same as "Cars" as so many people want to blast it for. Similar to some degree, "Yes" but NOT the same. In Cars we did not have some "underdog" story. McQueen was a top racer with newer tech to make him faster than the older racers. We see that as the Cars movies progress and McQueen retires by movie 3. So, the Planes movie is about someone who never raced professionally. This story was about "the diamond in the rough". It was about focusing on your dreams and plotting out how to ACHIEVE them. Cars on the other hand was like Doc Hollywood meets Days of Thunder. I don't think we need to say anymore. I think if people took the time to give it a fair and reasonable look just to have a bit of enjoyment instead of looking to pick it apart, they would agree with my assessment here. It is not perfect, but still fun.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/28/25

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Joey L

Saw it with Grandma don’t remember if this is a good movie?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/22/25

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Audience Member

Alright movie, Way better than Frozen (2013) in my opinion.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/06/25

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Frans B

Loved it. Kids love it, adults love it, how is it then one of Disney's disappointments? Great story, great animation (not Pixar quality mind you) and enough action and twists. Highly entertaining and just easy to watch

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/24/25

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Francesco P

Molto mediocre ma meglio del secondo

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/21/25

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Ashish K

It's good , funny and Ok for a KID . But for overall audience no it's story and jokes are not funny . But totally recommend it to a kid , they will laugh

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/20/25

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Dusty Crophopper

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Synopsis

Dusty is a small-town plane who dreams of one day competing as a high-flying air racer. However, poor Dusty has two strikes against him: He's not built for racing, and he's terribly afraid of heights. To achieve his dream, Dusty turns to naval aviator Skipper. Skipper helps Dusty qualify to take on Ripslinger, the race circuit's defending champion. Dusty's courage faces the ultimate test, as he takes aim at heights he never dreamed were possible.

Director: Klay Hall
Producer: Traci Balthazor-Flynn
Screenwriter: Jeffrey M. Howard
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: DisneyToon Studios
Rating: PG (Some Mild Action|Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 9, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $90.3M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Atmos

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