'Planes' doesn't reach the creative heights of a Pixar movie
鈥淧lanes鈥� is an animated 3-D feature from Disney, but it鈥檚 not produced by Pixar, and therein lies the rub. Although Pixar itself has been on a creative slide as of late, you could always count on them for a fairly high level of wit and vroom and sometimes for a lot more than that.
鈥淧lanes,鈥� directed by Klay Hall, is a modest little squiggle about Dusty, a crop-duster who yearns to be a high-flying air racer. He finds the courage to succeed, which should surprise no one 鈥� not even the toddlers in the audience (most of whom, at the screening I attended, were pretty stone-faced throughout). Maybe Disney, and Pixar, too, for that matter 鈥� remember 鈥淐ars 2鈥�? 鈥� should stay away from vehicular vehicles on all future projects. Grade: C+ (Rated PG for some mild action and rude humor.)
