Pleasantly Surprised

I never saw the old Speed Racer cartoons. The bubble gum images on display in the previews, the fact that they've been marketing it purely as a kids movie, and the awful reviews I've read meant I wasn't very excited about seeing it. But the wife grew up on the cartoons and was geeked about it, so we went to see it on the IMAX tonight. So granted I was only hoping not to be bored, but I actually had a good time. I think the reviews have been unnecessarily harsh, because there's much more story and plot than I expected and the visuals actually work. True, it's a very PG kids movie with some juvenile humor, but it's a lot of fun.