AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

The Movie Diorama Pixar's short animations tend to be either original meaningful films or continuations of existing intellectual property. A slight diversion from 'Monster's Inc', Mike's New Car is simply our favourite one-eyed fledgling purchasing a new car and figuring out how to utilise the vehicle, with "great" assistance from Sully. We've all done it. Bought a new car, sat in it thinking "damn, look at all these buttons". Yeah, multiply that by 72 and that's how many gadgets this car has. It's always humorous to see these two characters interact with each other, and the way they approach the foreign contraption that is a six-wheeled car. As always, their natural chemistry and juxtaposing personalities make for a few smiles. It is however absent of chuckles, and that's due to how placid the visual comedy is. Having adapted to the feature film, we now know what these characters are like around each other and how they react to certain situations. Mike easily becoming frustrated whilst Sully becomes clueless. It's nothing outrageous, and the overacting will appeal to younger audiences as Mike flails around like a pinball, however it is entertaining nonetheless. Crystal voices Mike to perfection whilst Goodman unfortunately does not have too much to say. His dialogue consists of murmurs and sounds of pondering, highlighting Sully's perplexed bewilderment. Its brisk, light and a very easy three minute short. It won't make a loud roar within Pixar's filmography, but will satisfy fans and younger audiences.

mihai_chindris Mike and Sully are one of my favourites characters from the Pixar universe. They're so wavering. And it's funny to watch them. In this case, they're entertaining us with Mike's new car and it's absolutely hilarious. I would love to see a movie staring only these characters.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) I have to say I quite like both Monsters, Inc. movie and this short film came out a year after the first. Basically it is nothing more than a handful slapstick jokes packed into slightly over 3 minutes. The animation is good as always with Pixar and I liked especially how the car had a bit of an evil face which fit nicely the way Mike struggled with it. However, none of these jokes really had the joy or fun that came with the full feature films starring this unusual duo of friends. A third of this short film is only about Sulley adjusting his seat which seems to make Mike very angry for some reason. There is also not a real message in this film, something that usually comes with Pixar. Or maybe the message is that you should go with what has become valuable to you in the past instead of going for something new and shiny? I don't know.This short film is written and directed by Pixar big name Pete Docter and he got help from Roger Gould and a couple writers who also worked on the first Monsters movie. They managed an Oscar nomination in the animated short film category which makes me shake my head. At least they did not win, although the winner that year is not much better, if at all. "Mike's New Car" is one of Pixar's worst. Not recommended.

MartinHafer Mike and Sully, the two heroes from Pixar/Disney's MONSTERS INC. are back in this short film about Mike's new car. At first, Mike is very, very proud of it, but over time, more and more and more goes wrong--and in the process poor Mike and Sully are bashed to pieces by their overly-gadgeted car.I saw this film recently in the new DVD of Pixar animated shorts and while it was very pleasant and funny, I was rather shocked to find out it was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Subject--which it lost to the better short film THE CHUBBCHUBBS! Now this isn't knocking MIKE'S NEW CAR--it's well executed and fun. However, it just isn't special enough to be considered much other than perhaps a DVD extra.See CHUBBCHUBBS!