By relying too much on snappy dialogue and by adhering to the philosophy that steel should feel like steel and glass should feel like glass, the filmmakers have bridled their imaginations and created a movie about toys that are too blubbery and not rubbery enough.

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

The Pixar people have an extreme talent for conjuring imagery that is both soaring in its majesty but also resonant -- it's a stylization but acute enough to carry emotional meaning.

Stephen Hunter

Washington Post

It doesn't make Cars a bad picture -- the visual inventions are worth the price of admission -- but it constitutes conduct unbecoming to a maker of magic.

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal