Black and white story in color candy wrapping. Endless monologues! Haven't seen the original cartoons it was based on. Cosma Shiva Hage as Genie was hot though!

good fun, too bad it came out at the same time as IronMan, also john goodman bashing baddies in slo-mo ftw

People who don't like this film should die in a fire. Its joyous cinematic excellence.

The amazing visuals kept my jaw on the ground for the whole duration and make up for the silly plot. Without the kid and the monkey I'd give it twenty points more.

As dumb and shallow as a bowl of soup, but my god what a pretty film. It's like a rainbow exploded over the Fifties, in a good way

I forgive them for the Matrix sequels. It's just that good.

This is the reason I love movies! A true live action cartoon, I've been wanting to make this movie for so long! Freakin masterpiece! Even in the visual extravaganza they still managed to get great performances and characters out of the awesome actors. Matthew Fox is perfection. In 10 years all you naysayers will be regretting you didn't see this in Imax. If you aren't exhilarated by this film, than you just dont understand the movies! Wachowski redpemption. GO SPEED RACER GO!!!!

I'm usually one who dislikes combining CGI and live action in excess, especially when the movie tries to play it off as if what your seeing is real. This film did nothing to try and hide its use of CGI, in fact it was made to look the way it does and it works very well. I hated the kid and the monkey, but damn did I have fun with all the racing bits. I never thought I would enjoy watching a car race, if only NASCAR was this thrilling, then I'd understand people's love of it.

Strange mix between some adult themes and kiddie crap. The racing sequences were awful.

If there was anything to point out critically, I couldn't see it while riding my rainbow train.

Just couldn't get into it...

Whatever can be said about The Wachowski Brothers, they're masters of the visual. This movie has some of the most mind-blowing visuals I've ever seen, hyper kinetic,insanely colorful sequences moving at light speed. Its a pitch perfect adaptation of the cartoon, which means its fairly light on plot and intellectuals...but that's ok! After the excellent, but dark and gloomy The Dark Knight, it was fun to watch a movie that made me feel like a kid again. Good job Wachowskis!

Forget the (awful) cartoon it's based on, this triumph of editing and effects pays tribute to the medium of film itself. Truly deserves being seen on a big screen. Sadly weighed down by lack of substance (although the struggle between art and business isn't a bad foundation) and too much comic relief.

The color palette really is overwhelming, and the action and editing are so relentless that it took no time at all before I found myself longing for anything that was comparatively sedate and sensible--like, say, the end of Mission Impossible II. I actually felt nauseous for a while. Once I got over that I was impressed by Mom and Pops, and the way the film actually got me to root for the main character, even though I found him bland and unlikeable in the preview.

Unlike anything you've likely ever seen, a feast for the eyes and ears. Really great fun, but has a few problems with pacing. The races are so exciting, it makes the dialogue scenes lethargic in comparison and the movie suffers a little.

A lot more fun than I would've expected it to be... it's like a live-action anime.

Creative, cool, flashy... but completely overblown and too long. I thought this was supposed to be a kids movie.

Leaps into stylistic abstraction in a very awesome way.

Story is clichéd, the characters are clichéd, just about everything is clichéd, but 'Speed Racer' becomes a lot more enjoyable (or rather, tolerable), if you were to _not_ expect a Bergman and instead, watch it for what it's worth - an ultra-colorful, special effects-laden, giant-sized video game. And yes, see it in HD or don't see it at all.

candy coated piece of crap! the only thing I really liked about it was the modern with the past. The tracks were stupid but at the same time cool kind of like a roller coaster. why must everyone ruin the good 60/70s cartoons. Leave my childhood alone!

Throwing away most of your brain cells and dropping into an alternate realm of flashing colours and dazzling CGI images in full HD would usually be something of which I can't approve, but Speed Racer is just about the only exception. It's all too obvious that the plotline is little more than wrapping, the acting is a tad iffy and some scenes get childish (kid/monkey), but who cares? It's an in your face, ballsy and nonsensicle revitilisation of a '60s cartoon. Get real and take it in context.

Awfully hard to keep track of early on. A novel idea, done artistically, but without the cohesion that would make me want to watch it again.

Despite being childish at times, it must be noted that this is a film of wonderful sights. There's just enough plot and characterization to get by on but what really makes this fun to watch is the astounding pacing and editing. Everything zips along in the coolest ways imaginable. All the hate this movie has accrued is undeserved.

I came out of the theater thinking, "What the hell was that?" The enthusiastic exclamation in response can only be "Speed Racer!". Somehow the Wachowski brothers managed to faithfully recreate the spirit of the 60s cartoon. It's a mindfuck. A postmodern venture into irony of irony. A world that doesn't make any goddamn sense, but made "sensical" through the conceit of film-making.

Nice

Children's movie, not adult. Remember that and you'll enjoy it.

The Wachowski's deserve credit for creating something entirely new here. It's a real life cartoon. Maybe too long and drawn out for kids and too simplistic to really engage adults it still has more then enough kinetic energy to pull it along. Visually stunning it feels like a complete vision. Plus John Goodman AND a monkey!

This movie was a whole lotta fun to watch. Special effects were pretty cool, the way the film was directed it felt like watching a live action anime mixed in with an LSD trip. Although the story was slow moving in certain parts that could've definitely been edited out, the racing scenes were colourful, fast, frentic and exciting. Don't be fooled by the negativity and low box office surrounding this flick, it's a true summer movie worth watching.

This is a great movie. This is one of those occasions when I feel the critics were dead wrong. Yes the movie is silly, the plot nothing special, but its a film based on a cartoon. Its called "SPEED RACER" for Chirst's sake. A colorful mind blowing assault on your senses. A film I hope becomes something of a classic with age. A must own Blu-Ray (i'm sure the dvd is ok, but blu-ray has the whole package). Do not listen to critics and see this with an open mind. You wont regret it.

Nicely done, Wachowski brothers, finely crafted visuals, fast pace and it doesn't take itself seriously! Screw the haters, they where expecting something dull and realistic.

Very colorful and fun movie,but not suitable if you expect something a little bit serious

"Now THIS is podracing!" Why did nobody see this movie? It's so awesome. Even the sillier parts aimed for kids work really well. Oh, and Matthew Fox dominates as Racer X.

The (good) actors were well chosen in this adaptation. The film is good and meets to what is proposed. The only defect is that probably have tried to please all kinds of public and ends up being a little infantile too. Even so, I liked it.

Utterly brainless, but very pretty and quite fun.

I know people didn't like this, but I thought it was perfectly made. I enjoyed the story and could follow along, the races were interesting, and Goodman/Hirsch/Fox/Ricci are all great at their characters. Add colors, a cool soundtrack, and some wacky homage to a classic cartoon and you get a surprisingly great movie.

Visually stunning but otherwise mediocre.

I like comics, anime, cars with wepons on them, but I find Speed Racer boring and shallow.

Skip this dud and save some bucks. Instead, have your kids pull out their matchbox cars and racetracks and watch them play for awhile. You'll get more enjoyment out of that than spending time watching "this thang". I grew up watching Speed Racer, and I was looking forward to seeing this flick. Unfortunately, way too much CGI make this movie extremely annoying.

Great action. This was exactly what a Speed Racer movie needed to be: true to the original anime style, lot's of action, mixed with race tracks that look like they came straight out of Mario Cart. My whole family, from 3 up, loved it and sat still through all 2 hours.