I know this movie by heart as it was a household staple during the COVID pandemic when my kids were very young.
They recently wanted to rewatch it for the first time in years, and I still enjoy this movie a lot. I’m not sure why it ranks so poorly among Pixar films on sites that evaluate them, like The Ringer. Owen Wilson and Paul Newman—yes, the legendary Paul Newman!—deliver great performances. The film is fun and charming.
And it has a great after-credit scene.
For French speakers, it’s amusing that the synopsis is quite similar to Camping, which was released the same year. A “winner“ finds himself stuck with “losers” against his will and realizes that these roles are more blurred than they seem.
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