Mike's New Car (2002)
2002
G
4 Minutes
Mike discovers that being the top-ranking laugh collector at Monsters, Inc. has it's benefits - in particular, earning enough money to buy a six-wheel-drive car that's loaded with gadgets. That new...
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Mike's New Car settles for visual humour that only just conveys their monstrous personalities. 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.0 member like this review.
