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Movie Review: Speed Racer
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The Trades
- 5/11/2008
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Distributor: Warner Brothers Director: Larry and Andy Wachowski Cast: Emile Hirsch John Goodman Susan Sarandon Christina Ricci Paulie Litt Roger Allam Kick Gurry Related Sites: Official Site Grade: B- Loud, bright and faster paced than a steroid saturated jackrabbit running from a cheetah, Speed Ra
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Review: No, "Speed Racer," No!!
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Katu.com
- 5/10/2008
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Thatâ??s what the Wachowski Brothers have done. They parlayed a small hit ('Bound') into a bigger hit ('The Matrix') and then were cut loose, without supervision and with the kingâ??s coffers at their disposal. What followed were two unintelligible, messy 'Matrix' sequels which left audiences bewild
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Review: Speed Racer
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DOSE
- 5/10/2008
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The Wachowskis take on a high-profile franchise with this live action adaptation of the Saturday morning cartoon about a young driver named Speed Racer. This acid trip for kiddies looks dazzling, but the computer generated action sequences are so jumbled they're incomprehensible, leaving the talente
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Review: Speed Racer (PG)**
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Yorkshire Post
- 5/9/2008
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More an experience than a motion picture, Speed Racer is both a retro tribute and a forward-looking slice of effects wizardry that hints at what movies might become. Watching it is like stepping back into a late '80s video arcade ââ?¬â?? all fast-moving colours, light and noise. It's also perfectly
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Speed Racer reviewed.
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Slate Magazine
- 5/9/2008
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To listen to Slate's Spoiler Special about Speed Racer, click the arrow button on the player: You can also click here to download the MP3 file, or you can subscribe to the Spoiler Special podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here. Rather than attempt a linear summation of the sensory blitzkrieg that i
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Speed Racer: Go or no? Wachowski brothers movie opens Friday
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Auto Week
- 5/9/2008
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Wachowski brothers movie opens Friday WARNER BROS. The Mach 5 has plenty of tricks up its steering wheel in the movie Speed Racer, which opens in theaters Friday. The best aspect of the new 'live action' movie Speed Racer is that it's everything a fan of the original 1960s Japanese anime cartoon cou
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Review: "Speed Racer"
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Denver Post
- 5/9/2008
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Sugar, not petrol, is the fuel that comes to mind watching candy-hued, visually hyperactive, narratively sputtering 'Speed Racer.' Emile Hirsch, so fine in 'Into the Wild,' plays Speed, an ace racer haunted by the death of his elder brother, Rex. (What racing family in its right mind tempts fate by
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In Theaters Friday: 'Speed Racer,' 'Vegas'
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The Hometown Channel
- 5/9/2008
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Get revved up for the big-screen release of 'Speed Racer' with a slideshow of images from the film. More Spread your batwings and take flight with our slideshow of images from the 'Batman Begins' sequel 'The Dark Knight.' More Take another adventure with Harrison Ford and company with images from 'I
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Speed Racer - Movie Review
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Hip Hop Elements
- 5/9/2008
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ating: PG, ThrillerVroom. Snore. Vroom. Snore.That's the movie, then me. The movie, then me.Speedy Speed Racer may be. But fast it is not.It's the latest from Andy and Larry Wachowski, creators of The Matrix, who are up to their new tricks: a CGI-a-thon for families as an alternative to an amusement
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The RT Review Revue: What Happens in Speed Racer, Stays in Speed Racer
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Rotten Tomatoes
- 5/9/2008
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Your RT editors weigh in on the weekend in movies. Blog Article| Discuss Article Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! The RT Review Revue is here to talk about this week's pair o' flicks: What Happens in Vegas (AKA Cameron vs. Ashton) and Speed Racer (better known as The Wachowskis Blow Minds,
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