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Speed Racer Reviews

2008

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Start your engines and fasten your seatbelts for the high-octane adventure Speed Racer, combining heartfelt family humour and groundbreaking visual effects. Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel of his thunderous Mach 5. With support from Pops and Mom Racer (John Goodman and Susan Sarandon), girlfriend Trixie .. Read more

Starring	Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox
Director	Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Genres	Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Family, Thriller

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- To say that âSpeed Racerâ is colourful would be as misleading as claiming that itâs quiet and meditative. Its... read more on Time Out
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- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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- - 18
  - 3
  wipeout the movie...
  
  first things first...I had no expectations for this movie. The trailer made it look like a confusing, cheesy mess and the waskowski's runied the originality... read more »
  
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- 563004
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - badsibot
  - 3 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 07 May 2008 at 15:30
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- - 0
  - 1
  utter pants
  
  Not even a good blockbuster.
  
  Take a special director (i this case 2) to take $100 million and make it look this cheap and nasty. Despite all attempts... read more »
  
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- 1077794
- - TheMarb
  - 10 reviews
  - Derby
  - 02 Jan 2012 at 16:59
- - 0
  - 0
  Hold on to the sofa
  
  Speed Racer Blue-ray:
  
  Great upbeat film, colourful graphics and fast moving action stunts.
  
  Should satisfy all those armchair race car ... read more »
  
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- 1069384
- - a customer
  - 01 Dec 2011 at 23:04
- - 1
  - 0
  Fun and fresh
  
  this was great - a good family film
  
  the cinematography was fresh and i think it worked well
  
  it certainly good to watch a film in such a ... read more »
  
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- 1057554
- - a customer
  - Exeter, England
  - 01 Nov 2011 at 11:53
- - 0
  - 0
  Monkey Driving
  
  Rented this on a whim, turns out it was a good choice - this movie has a lot of style and swagger about it. There's some great performances and there's ... read more »
  
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- 1046547
- - pickassoreborn
  - 1 review
  - 01 Oct 2011 at 03:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Matrix For Kiddies
  
  This was first a Japanese cartoon (Macha Go Go Go) that aired in America in the late 60s and won the hearts of the extremely young Andy and Larry (now Lana) ... read more »
  
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- 1036234
- - Lugodoc
  - 73 reviews
  - Portsmouth, UK
  - 02 Sep 2011 at 16:33
- - 1
  - 0
  I like it actually
  
  I actually like this film, I wasn't put off by the comic book style editiing and I get the feel of it in this way.
  
  The fact that the CG looks ... read more »
  
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- 1029110
- - a customer
  - 14 Aug 2011 at 19:24
- - 0
  - 1
  A Mess Of A Film
  
  After the fast and furious, and not to mention very colourful start, this film goes into a badly acted, badly scripted mess that is just so boring !
  
  ... read more »
  
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- 1021887
- - GlennTen
  - 16 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 26 Jul 2011 at 14:53
- - 0
  - 1
  Vibrant Colours fail to distract from half-baked job
  
  Speed Racer is a film full of bright visual colours and brilliant CGI stunt driving. However this does not compensate for a pedestrian plot along with ... read more »
  
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- 1018019
- - VIDEOMONSTER
  - 252 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 16 Jul 2011 at 17:57
- - 0
  - 1
  As someone else said, WIPEOUT as a film.
  
  I Give this film 1 star. That`s 1/2 a star for the monkey, and 1/2 a star for the child actors. If you are prone to motion sickness, be prepared to throw up.
  
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- 990959
- - bww15222
  - 7 reviews
  - Harlow
  - 09 May 2011 at 19:03
- - 0
  - 1
  Wear sunglasses to watch this
  
  The good: the action is breathtaking, the music is cool
  
  The bad: the story is silly, the world is silly; the dialogs are silly, the colours are ... read more »
  
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  - Chantal
  - 1022 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Mar 2011 at 20:14
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- - 18
  - 3
  wipeout the movie...
  
  first things first...I had no expectations for this movie. The trailer made it look like a confusing, cheesy mess and the waskowski's runied the originality... read more »
  
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- 563004
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - badsibot
  - 3 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 07 May 2008 at 15:30
- - 10
  - 0
  Speed Racer
  
  A lot of bad things have been said about Speed Racer. Complaints have been made that the characters are two-dimensional, that the narrative is pure bobbins and ... read more »
  
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- 626100
- - Wynter
  - 75 reviews
  - UK
  - 08 Sep 2008 at 17:29
- - 7
  - 1
  feel the need....for speed
  
  After all the box office mauling this film got......it aint half bad....if you get over the annoying bits in the movie....The film is kinda an original style ... read more »
  
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- 657215
- - MJL
  - 43 reviews
  - Coventry
  - 10 Nov 2008 at 23:15
- - 4
  - 0
  Real life anime - nothing more,
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) always dreamed of one day becoming the best racing driver in the world, just as his brother Rex Racer (Scott Porter) had. So when he... read more »
  
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- 562973
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Meako
  - 59 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 07 May 2008 at 14:24
- - 4
  - 0
  One of the worst films I have ever seen
  
  To say that this movie is bad, is an understatement. The script is weak. The characters are hammy. This is entertainment a la Teletubbies.
  
  Visually ... read more »
  
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- 739127
- - Caribou48
  - 1 review
  - Glasgow
  - 07 Apr 2009 at 03:23
- - 3
  - 0
  This is rubbish
  
  Don't bother renting this. I switched it off after 10 minutes
  
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- 669948
- - a customer
  - Derbyshire, England
  - 07 Dec 2008 at 19:07
- - 3
  - 0
  Speed Racer
  
  Very very very poor!
  
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- 758211
- - a customer
  - Rugby
  - 16 May 2009 at 09:44
- - 2
  - 0
  Wacky Races 2000.
  
  As Most people I think I saw this film not knowing what to expect. From the trailer it looked like it could have been terrible so I waited for the DVD and... read more »
  
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- 657059
- - a customer
  - Ivybridge
  - 10 Nov 2008 at 18:49
- - 2
  - 0
  Just like the cartoon
  
  As a kid I was a religious viewer of Speed Racer, and when my kids became old enough I rented the cartoons on DVD for them to watch. I was surprised that I ... read more »
  
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- 657712
- - Andybe
  - 195 reviews
  - Richmond
  - 12 Nov 2008 at 00:21
- - 2
  - 0
  waste of my time
  
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  waste of my time, and i have a lot to spare.
  
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- 752502
- - huginatree
  - 8 reviews
  - redditch
  - 05 May 2009 at 07:16

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  Start your engines and fasten your seatbelts for the high-octane adventure Speed Racer, combining heartfelt family humor and groundbreaking visual effects. Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel ofhis thunderous Mach 5. With support from Pops and Mom Racer (John Goodman and Susan ...

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  Start your engines and fasten your seatbelts for the high-octane adventure Speed Racer, combining heartfelt family humour and groundbreaking visual effects. Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel of his thunderous Mach 5. With support from Pops and Mom Racer (John Goodman and ...