NY Post review of "Speed Racer"

Yeah, great delivery method ... now if someone would record themselves reading the Manifesto ... maybe the Jehovah Witnesses have something on the rest of us ... with MP3s of the Watchtower.

I still see my 7-year-old liking the movie. But I can also see him needing TiVo's 30-sec skip button ... in the theater to bypass the boring parts ... as he's accustomed to doing at home. He can watch a 2 hour movie in 34 minutes.

Maybe you should wait till it comes to video. And I would appreciate it if some would record Bavinck and Turrentin so I could prepare for my final as I cleaned my kitchen.

I saw it tonight and was pretty impressed with the CGI. It was definitely an action/comic book movie. It was pretty jumpy and the plot line would be difficult for a kid (10 and under) to follow, but I don't think they have to understand it to enjoy the movie (colors, speed, special effects, etc). I think it is worth seeing at the theater for the large special effects (almost 3-D ish in parts) and the sound of speeding race cars (like the race scenes from Star Wars).

Warning for children: The young kid in the movie gives an adult the middle finger at one point and there is some mild cursing. There is a monkey side-kick that throws his poop at an "evil" adult also (which might be justifiable ?

There were also some lines in the previews that I noted might be objectionable for smaller kids (one kid next to me [probably 5 y.o] was laughing at a verbal reference/joke about sex since the adults laughed and I heard his mother say, "Why are you laughing, you don't even know what that means?")

As an adult, however, a very enjoyable movie.

And a serious warning for epileptics that are sensitive to light and visual/flashing patterns - avoid this movie. Even for myself, I had to turn away from the screen at one point.