My thoughts exactly...

This article from Darth Mojo, 'The Asssassination Of Speed Racer', explicitly lays out what I've mentioned for the last week, namely that the barrage of brutally negative reviews for Speed Racer were inexplicable and not directly related to the film itself. And yes, everyone I've talked to who has seen the film in the last week has enjoyed it and doesn't understand the critical drubbing. Although the artwork is a little tasteless, the content is dead on (although Transformers was every bit as bad as Speed Racer is good).

Scott Mendelson