1/4  Speed Racer
How to ruin your career in less than ten years. The Wachowski Brothers in 1999 stunned the film world with the Matrix. One good sequel and one awful one embarassed the franchise and killed it off. So this is what they did next? Its not goo... (read full)

1/4  Awful
The Wachowski's overburden Speed Racer with the same problem they gave the Matrix sequels - too much of wow-look-what-we-can-do special effects that results in a sacrifice of story, plot, character development, exposition - pretty much eve... (read full)

2/4  60%
How I calculated my rating: Action 3/3, comedy 0.5/2, Good vs. Evil 0/1, Romance/Love 0.5/1, Special effects 1/1, plot 0/1, music 1/1. Thus 6/10 or 60%, which is 2/4 stars from me.

The Wachowski's truly bring animation to life though t... (read full)

2.5/4  Go Speed Racer Go
"Speed Racer" was one of the most highly-anticipated movies for the summer on Alex's list of movies to watch. Now, I won't lie and tell you that the movie was brilliant and inspired me to reach for my dreams, but I also won't lie and tell... (read full)

3/4  It's Like Mario Kart!
I've been waiting for this film for quite some time and I'm glad to not have been disappointed. The visuals are great because I've never seen anything like it. While colours and eye-popping action sequences are abound, it still manages to ... (read full)

4/4  From cartoon to sur-real life
Speed Racer was no less than an exhilarating ride in the end. From the story development to the psychadelic ride at the end. Also for the comic book fans, you'll appreciate the reference to all of the classic speed-racer talk, mechanisms... (read full)

1.5/4  Speed Racer Quick Review
Speed Racer can be summed up as such: there's a lot going on, but nothing happening. It looks great - almost seizure-inducing great, but aside from the flashy visuals, everything else is dull - story, characters, development, etc. Avoid.

1/4  Speed Racer Quick Review
I think the style of the movie was okay, but they didn't know how to use that style.. everything else was pretty disappointing.
This movie was is an effect-carrier. Nothing more.

3/4  Speed Racer Quick Review
My podcast review:

http://thefilmtalk.com/2008/05/23/the-film-talk-part-20-speed-racer/

5/5 Great Movie...Great Eye Candy!
  by omnikua (Austin, Texas United States)
I have to admit, when I saw the previews for this movie I wasn't interested. People told me it wasn't any good, so I didn't see it. We decided to rent it and was blown away. It was just awesome! Define awesome... well imagine all the cool things you can do in a cartoon, but can't do in real life. Some how this movie has bridged the gap. The computer animation was off the chain, but what made it a good movie was the fact that it had a sense of depth at the heart of it. Something here in America we can't relate to.. That some fat cats out there want to turn everything we love into a cash cow and a lot of time don't mind breaking the law to do it. (economic crisis ring a bell?) Take football, basketball, etc its not about the game anymore its about the money...but even though this is a movie, it calls to those who wish someone could just break up the greed, exploitation, and marketing BS. Bring it back to the love of it all...

5/5 Not the Original, but at least it's the Mach 5.
  by D. A. Blake
When I first saw the preview for this movie I was enraged at what they had done to my childhood favorite. All my life I had wanted to se SR come to the big screen and it finally gets there and they do this to it. Now having said that, being a real SR fan and as long as the car looked mostly accurate, I gave it a chance and went to see it in the theater. Long story short, I think I stopped at 8 times. I took everyone that would go with me, to see it. The Mach 5 is really what the show was all about, nothing else matters. And as long as they created a version of the car that was at least a respectable effort, that was all I cared about. I am not a film critic. All I know is that the film moved me emotionally. But that was mainly because the characters were so dear to me. And of course, the coolest car ever created, real or otherwise. I really just got a huge kick out of seeing a real life depiction of the Mach 5, and they did alot better version that that one guy did who custom-made a couple to auction them off. I still would love to see a more accurate version of the car, I mean exactly like the original series. Critically speaking, this movie did not get a fair shake. I saw soooo many reviews for this movie from people who never actually saw it! who reviews a movie they haven't watched!!! Yes this movie is a little acid-trippish. Yes it is long. Yes it is not exactly as the original. But it's SPEED frickin' RACER, and it's on the big screen, and the car looks totally awesome! 5 STARS.

5/5 Excellent Everything
  by L. Aurigue (Missouri)
Speedy checkout and delivery. DVD was like new as seller stated, not a scratch on it and watched entire movie in excellent quality.

5/5 Adrenaline Rush!
  by Herman Bracey (Charlotte, NC)
This movie was fun for the WHOLE family. The larger the screen, the better!

4/5 fun little movie
  by Rebecca L. Murray (Denver, Co, USA)
This was a fun little movie. We saw it at the theater and ended up buying it because it's a great whenever flick with enough sillyness for little kids and enough graphic for bigger kids. The plot is not so much, but it's entertaining just the same.