Roth's story includes the elements of iconoclastic rebellion and mechanical genius right up to his death in 2001. The film is immersed in animation by Mike Roberts and a CGI boost to animate available archive stills, all of which suggests the rebel's own grand cartoonish style.
In a nod to Pixar, a series of his great cars speak in the voices of an extensive cast of famed appreciators: the likes of Jay Leno, the Smothers Brothers, Matt Groening of The Simpsons fame, Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Ann-Margret, John Goodman (who also narrates as the featured subject), and even novelist and immortalizer Tom Wolfe. Paying tribute to 'Big Daddy,' all.
Punk-rock band The Sadies pump up the fun level with their high-test music tracks, and Ron Mann (Comic Book Confidential, Grass) directs this Canadian production with a style of free-thinking that captures the zany essence of his subject.
