From Collider:
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I had zero interest in this when it was a direct-to-DVD movie, and I still have no interest now. I doubt it'll be any good.
This is the reason Pixar wanted Disney to have no rights to their movies without them making it. It's a stupid idea. Direct to DVD would be fine for little kids, but a theater release? This is just going to hurt Disney's image when it bombs.
Hopefully it doesn't crash.
The first Cars was really good and one of my favourite pixar films, the complete opposite can be said for the second. I have a feeling that this, quality wise, will be much closer to the second Cars than the first.