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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Keith B

I thought this movie was rather good. It tells a wonderful story and teaches valuable lessons. While it might not be as good as the original cars movie, Planes is a great watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/23/25

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Stephen C

Unfunny in 1 hour and 32 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hated it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It sucks so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/11/25

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Audience Member

Like cars Amazing Storytelling Skippers war scene was good and emotional! never give up on your dreams!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/06/25

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Massimo D

Carino ma nulla di spettacolare

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/20/25

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Emilija D

I'm not qualified to comment on this since I don't like the original Cars series, but I personally really liked this movie because it conveys a nice message that you should never give up on your dreams and the characters are very cute. I recommend it to everyone.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/19/25

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Dean L

Mir hat der Film sehr gefallen kann ich nur empfehlen

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/27/25

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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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