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.

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.

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.

My 4 year old loved this DVD. Perhaps even more than the Cars movie itself. It's far more fast-paced and slapstick than the full movie, that's for sure, and the main character switches from Lightning McQueen (not played by Owen Wilson here) to his Cars sidekick Mater.

The lovable truck tells all kind of far fetched stories which had my son laughing along all the way, each one adding the twist when McQueen said he didn't believe the story he would get dragged into the fantasy by Mater who would play mind-games with McQueen and make him think he was there when it happened. That could have got repetitive, but my son loved it every time, especially when he knew it was coming towards the end of these shorts.

Great DVD, and gives good hope that the upcoming Cars II will be a lot more fun than the first one. Not that it was a bad film, but at times it was incredibly slow for a children's movie. This is a wonderful purchase.