“This isn't a picture filled with wonder and a sense of fun; it's so jaded and crass that I almost wonder if it's a highly unscientific experiment designed to gauge how little audiences will settle for these days. Manic and multicolored, Speed Racer is an excess of nothingness.”

Review http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/05/09/speed_racer/ of Speed Racer (2008)

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American film critic 1963

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