Cars 3

"Cars 3 is the third movie of the Cars Trilogy and the first Pixar movie directed by Brian Fee."

Plot
A veteran of the tracks, the extremely lightning McQueen is in trouble after the emergence of a very fast rookie, Jackson Storm, who uses high technology in training. Forced to reach the limit to hit him, McQueen ends up having a serious accident during a race, which forces him to abandon the championship that year. About to start the next season, he finds himself in doubt as to whether he can be fast enough to beat Storm and, because of this, seeks help with his new sponsor.

Why It’s Great

 * 1) A big improvement over Cars 2 (2011) and a genuine effort to return to the roots of the franchise and pay homage to Cars (2006), in addition to becoming a suitable goodbye to the franchise, fully respecting the legacy of Cars (2006)
 * 2) Great animation
 * 3) The jokes are much better than the jokes of Cars 2 (2011)
 * 4) McQueen is the protagonist, like Cars (2006)
 * 5) Great new characters, specially Cruz Ramirez
 * 6) A more interesting plot once again focusing on Lightning.
 * 7) The races, like Cars (2006), are the focus, while the spies of Cars 2 (2006) were forgotten
 * 8) Tow Matter is just a supporting character, just like he was in Cars (2006)
 * 9) Several characters from Cars (2006) return, including Chick Hicks, The King, Doc Hudson, Mack, etc.
 * 10) It completely ignores the events of Cars 2 (2011). You can just watch Cars (2006) and Cars 3 (2017) without having seen Cars 2 (2011) and everything will be fine, although there are some easter eggs.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Jackson Storm is unidimensional.  Sterling actually seems more like a villain than him.
 * 2) Mia and Tia were forgotten
 * 3) Bob Peterson is a bit of a step-down from Michael Keaton as the voice of Chick Hicks. Granted, Keaton was unavailable due to filming his scenes as the Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming, but still.

Reception
Cars 3 received mainly positive reviews from critics, audiences and fans alike who praised it as an improvement over its predecessor as well as its emotional story and animation. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 70% based on 227 reviews with an average rating of 6.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Cars 3 has an unexpectedly poignant story to go with its dazzling animation, suggesting Pixar's most middle-of-the-road franchise may have a surprising amount of tread left.". On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 59 out of 100, based on reviews from 41 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".