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Speed Racer

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42% Tomatometer 218 Reviews 60% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer is one of the track's hot stars. Sitting at the wheel of his Mach 5, he consistently deflates the competition. When Speed turns down an offer from the head of Royalton Industries, he uncovers a secret. Powerful moguls fix the races to boost profits. Hoping to beat the executive, Speed enters the same arduous cross-country race that killed his brother.

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Overloaded with headache-inducing special effects, Speed Racer finds the Wachowskis focused on visual thrills at the expense of a coherent storyline.

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William Goss Film.com 05/29/2013
Amid the overly earnest tone, (almost) squeaky-clean humor and familiar messages about teamwork and integrity is the rare film family that's as strong at the start as they are by the end. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 10/18/2008
2/5
You have to be 12 to like it, and I have to say there is little or nothing here to remind us why we were all quite so excited about The Matrix. Go to Full Review Tom Charity CNN.com 10/18/2008
Twelve-year-old boys should be wowed, but for the rest of us, it will depend on your appetite for eye candy. Go to Full Review Carson Timar ClapperCast Nov 15
Not only do The Wachowskis bring one of the best visual identities ever seen in film, but the emotions are operating on just as high a level. Go to Full Review Chance Solem-Pfeifer Willamette Week 04/03/2025
Behold the racing stripes and lipstick so red they’d make Technicolor blush, and live-action performances (by almost everyone but star Emile Hirsch) reaching for the transcendently unrestrained hysteria of action anime. Go to Full Review Tina Kakadelis Beyond the Cinerama Dome 07/25/2023
The Wachowskis’ style is very distinctive, and while The Matrix series is far grittier than Speed Racer, they share the same belief that good people and love are the answer to changing the world for the better. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Ian Apr 29 Amazing and beautiful movie that is still impressively visually stunning and interesting and manages to tell more through its visuals than most modern movies storytelling. See more Rusty Shakleford Apr 27 favorite movie, damn shame we only got one movie See more Ms Hudson Apr 27 one of my favorites!! See more mauricio Apr 27 Best Movie in the history, finally got to see it on the big screen See more Holden McGroin Apr 26 Classic! Love it. Still holds up See more Alexander Boskovski Apr 26 Great Underrated Classic from 2008! See more Read all reviews
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Lilly Wachowski

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Lana Wachowski

Director

Emile Hirsch

Speed

Christina Ricci

Trixie

Susan Sarandon

Mom Racer

John Goodman

Pops Racer

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Synopsis Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer is one of the track's hot stars. Sitting at the wheel of his Mach 5, he consistently deflates the competition. When Speed turns down an offer from the head of Royalton Industries, he uncovers a secret. Powerful moguls fix the races to boost profits. Hoping to beat the executive, Speed enters the same arduous cross-country race that killed his brother.
Director
Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Producer
Joel Silver, Grant Hill, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Screenwriter
Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Entertainment, Silver Pictures
Rating
PG (Language|Brief Smoking|Sequences of Action|Some Violence)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 9, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$43.9M
Runtime
2h 15m
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1