We’ve covered Disney’s Planes quite a bit on here (thanks to some fantastic field work from my roving blog reviewer Kenda), including a red-carpet premiere. But I never had a chance to see the film myself. Until this weekend.
Disney was mouse-erific enough to send me a review copy of Planes. Their timing couldn’t have been better, because we were in desparate need of a good Friday Family Movie Night film!
We popped the movie in (and popped the popcorn, natch) and plopped down on the couch for a family viewing!
I’ll be honest. The small previews I’d seen didn’t really do much for me. I didn’t have that much interest in seeing Planes. “It looks like Cars, but with Planes” was pretty much what I thought. So I was more than pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the film.
The main story sees Dusty (a local cropduster) dream of becoming a racing plane. With some help from his friends he sets his soaring sites on winning a global race. Oh, to throw another monkey wrench into the mix… Dusty’s afraid of heights. Yeah, go figure.
Set in the world of Cars, there’s that same adorable feel all around, including the familiar cow-like tractors. (They’re pretty much worshiped in India, you know!) And of course, what would a Disney movie be without a touch of romance, which in this case is pretty darn funny thanks to the masked plane El Chupacabra.
The kids had already seen the film in theaters and while they don’t love re-watching movies right away (weird, I know), they both sat down to watch this, laughing and loving it for a second time.
Take a look at Dusy in action:


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My grand kids loved it
I really want to watch this movie with my grandsons. I think they’d really enjoy it! Sounds like a fun movie!
Thank you for the review. I now look forward to seeing this with my little one!
MY son is a huge fan of Cars, therefore I knew he would also be a huge fan of Disney’s Planes and I was right. He now has the planes, each character and plays with them daily. Its a cute show.
(This Week’s Family Movie Night: Disney’s PLANES) Our family cannot wait to see this good movie together.
I wasn’t sure about this one but if your kiddos liked it I’ll have to see it.
Disney Planes is the latest thrill for the kids….
My son really wants to see this movie 🙂 Maybe Santa will bring for Christmas !
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I really want to get this movie for our kid collection. It really helps to have something to amuse them on “at home sick days”. Thanks for the review!
My three year old son loves the toys, but the movie was a little slow for him. Mommy thought it was cute though!!
I really loved the Cars movies so I think I would like this movie, want to see it!
We loved Cars, and my kids are excited about watching Planes too. Looks like a cute movie!
lucky you! my grandsons are wanting to see this badly
We still havent seen this movie. We loved Cars and are looking forward to seeing Planes. Thanks for the review!
This is an item on the Christmas List. Can’t wait to see it myself!
Looks like a good movie – can’t wait to see it.
This is one that we missed in the theaters! My girls are excited to see it!
My nephew got a kick out of this movie.
We haven’t seen this one yet… I was like you. It looked like the movie Cars only with Planes, so I wasn’t too excited to see it 🙂
i have yet to see this movie but i want to