Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
This movie contains 30 potentially triggering events.
Not necessarily a bully, but characters are beaten up by the bad guys and one character is tortured by the villains and is implied to have died by blowing up.
Mater winds up in a fancy toilet/shower. He intends to only use the restroom but all the controls are in Japanese so he winds up “taking a shower” (it’s like a stationary car wash).
I’m not sure what the yes votes are referencing. Mater, a visibly rusty car, makes a joking comment that his rust might be “starting to show”. Some cars have body image issues because they’re “lemons” (cars that break down all the time). None of this really classifies as true body dysmophoa but it may be what the yes votes are referencing.
Absolutely. It’s paired with classism. A major theme in the movie is that Mater is a “fool” and how he’s always embarrassing his friends and everyone is laughing at him. Mater is pretty close to a “hick” stereotype so everything that goes along with that goes here.
There is also a scene where Mater meets a car that has eyes as headlights instead of a windshield and he is visibly freaked out. This could be viewed as mild ableism. The scene is brief.
Use of the term “lunatic”. Use of the term “crazy” (this is used while someone is trying to gaslight someone else).
During the starting scene of Cars 2 on the oil rig, one of the villain cars, which are called "Lemons" falls into the water, where they instantly explode into many parts.
All the characters are sentient vehicles so no traditional gore. However, there is a lot of cartoon violence, death, even torture… Oil and gears are used in place of blood and guts. The overal tone of this film is just much darker than the first Cars, think James Bond or Mission Impossible. Right in the first sequence a sentient car falls from a great height and is shattered upon impact so you can see if it’s going to be a problem for you or your kids.