Product Description

Randy Quaid (Independence Day) stars in this uplifting, action-packed coming-of-age story about an aspiring racer with a need for speed, a passion for the racetrack and a hunger for victory!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25655 in DVD
• Brand: ROTHAAR,WILL
• Released on: 2005-05-10
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 93 minutes

Customer Reviews

Lots of Kart Racing Fun . . . even Crashes!
Boys, especially boys who have a passion for cars, will love this movie. To be fair, the story is a simple, run of the mill, common movie story: a child has to overcome parent's problems to accomplish some goal. Of course, no matter how inexperienced they are, they always win the race or accomplish some difficult goal. In this movie, however, they do show 'Watts' ( the boy's nickname) first working without his father's permission, then working together with him to qualify for the big kart race. Traditional values families will want to point this out to their kids; the hard work needed to accomplish the goal. Kids may wish to point out to their parents that the parents helped with Watt's goal, not insisting the kid work toward the parent's goals.

There is no bad language or any questionable behavior, so this is a wonderful traditional values movie. There are lots of scenes of racing cars and even kart crash scenes that most boys will really enjoy. A more original story would have given this movie an 'A' rating.

Great movie for tweens
This movie was fun, especially for the middle school and elementary set. I believe anyone 15 and under will really enjoy it. Personally, I think this is one of Randy Quaid's best roles. This is one role where he doesn't play a bumbling bafoon (National Lampoon Vacation's cousin Eddie) or a drunk (Independence Day). This role allowed him to show that he can play a serious role and do a good job to boot! Fun action movie for kids, includes many action packed race scenes. Good story line, a family torn apart by the death of Mom, who happened to be partners in professional kart racing with Dad (Randy Quaid). While Dad has fallen into a 4 year self pity rut, his son is getting into trouble with the law in their small town. When professional kart racing returns to their hometown racetrack, Dad and son are able to work together to put the grieving behind them and work together toward a brigh future in kart racing.

Great Father/Son movie Good Guy Movie
Especially great movie for a father and son to watch together, or grandfather and grandson but also for just about anyone. I bought this movie for a Father's Day present for my "Papa" husband and was sorry I didn't buy one for my son and son-in-law also. It is a watch over and over kind of movie. Full of speed and rooting for the good guy etc. Randy Quaid was tip top in this (as always....not referred to as Dennis' brother for along time now!) I highly recommend this movie for a time when you want to get your guys to sit down and watch a movie that isn't a "chick flick" but has some heart and motors in it too! I liked it myself! The Nana