Mater's Tall Tales

As long as you set your expectations a bit lower, you'll enjoy these very short CGI films. I say set your standards lower because the cartoons are very, very short...and they follow the same formula in each and every one. Each consists of Mater (one of the main characters in the full-length film "Cars") telling what sound like wild fibs. And, each time his friend McQueen says he doesn't believe the story...only to then get confirmation that the story WAS true and that McQueen himself was a witness--though he somehow forgot. While the cartoons are quite trivial, they are gorgeous--with some of the nicest CGI I have seen. As a result, they hold up well on the new DVD "Mater's Tall Tales"--a compilation of all of these short films. Each short is only about 4-5 minutes in length and kids will love 'em. Adults will enjoy them for a while--until they notice that each short is pretty much the same pattern being repeated again and again.

This is a collection of cute cartoons that all have the same basic set-up of Mater seemingly lying about a misadventure he had in the past only for it to turn out to be true. Each is a parody of a film genre, or plot. All of them are worth the couple minutes of run time because there's a few chuckles in each. The collection on the whole is pretty rote and basic (even for kid's media) but I liked them well enough. Mater Private Eye was the best one.

Formulaic but awesome fun for kids.

This short collection expands the Cars universe in a very creative way by presenting many different cinematic genres and car culture in an entertaining way. It uses up clichés and stereotypes perfectly to parody. The show operates with huge amount of self reflective jokes as well. Every episode feels authentic and never becomes flat or boring. It's great to see how Mater shine as a main character in this series. The only problem is, there aren't many part as fans would hope but it is always better to make less and make those count instead of doing too much of something.

Overall it's a small but great addition to the Cars franchise. Definietly worth checking out if you have seen the movies already.

As a kid I didn't even notice that the episodes followed a similar formula, instead I laughed at Mater and the shenanigans he got into and how McQueen was there suddenly. I loved this as a kid but now that I'm older, it doesn't click the same way anymore. Set your expectations a bit lower when seeing this one.

This the first animated series from the 2006 Disney and Pixar movie called Cars and even a show that came out in 2008 i remember watching it on Disney+ and it was awesome this feels like the evolution of Cars since 2006 til i don't know and they will start they're own show in 2022 called Cars On The Road.