Posted on 09/05/08
Great fun, if you like watching video games
Speed RacerDirected and writtenby Larry and Andy WachowskiStarring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John GoodmanClassification: PG**Ever since The Matrix, that eye-popping triumph of style over substance, film fans - okay, some film fans - have been waiting impatiently for the next big gambit from the brothers Wachowski. Those sequel Matrices didn't really count, amounting to little more than a shuffling of pawns; nor did their role as producers in V for Vendetta. So Speed Racer, which they wrote and directed, looks to be it. And darned if the bros haven't engineered another breakthrough, putting a new reverse spin on that most ecumenical of genres, the family movie. Yes, from adults through teens to tykes, there's something here for everyone to dislike - the whole clan can have fun making fun of this thing.
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