Turbo (2013)
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Critics Consensus: It's nowhere near as inventive as its off-the-wall premise might suggest, but Turbo boasts just enough colorful visual thrills and sharp voice acting to recommend as undemanding family-friendly fare.
Critics Consensus: It's nowhere near as inventive as its off-the-wall premise might suggest, but Turbo boasts just enough colorful visual thrills and sharp voice acting to recommend as undemanding family-friendly fare.
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A garden snail dreams of becoming the fastest snail in the world.- Rating:
- PG (for some mild action and thematic elements)
- Genre:
- Animation , Kids & Family
- Directed By:
- David Soren
- Written By:
- Darren Lemke
- In Theaters:
- Jul 17, 2013 Wide
- On DVD:
- Nov 12, 2013
- US Box Office:
- $83.0M
Cast
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Ryan Reynolds
as Turbo -
Paul Giamatti
as Chet -
Michael Peńa
as Tito -
Samuel L. Jackson
as Whiplash -
Luis Guzman
as Angelo -
Bill Hader
as Guy Gagné
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All Critics (105) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (35) | DVD (1)
Kids should be game for the ride, and the colourful characters offer humour and poignancy.
After the originality of the hero, the filmmakers borrow too heavily from other movies; the similarities to "Ratatouille" and "Cars" are almost distracting.
the movie seems to understand its own near-abject ridiculousness ... without getting overly nudge-nudge wink-wink ...
[An] energetic, funny cartoon about a plucky garden snail.
"Turbo" isn't a perfect cartoon, but it's so likable that, like its humble hero, you have to root for it.
A derivative but nevertheless good-hearted movie that's peppered with enough clever touches to engage adults as well as moviegoers of the smaller, squirmier variety.
Boasts one of the most one-note protagonist in animated film history, some troubling racial elements, and a paint-by-numbers execution that makes this film about the dream to go fast feel painfully slow.
The outcome is as predictable as the premise is outrageous in this crowd-pleasing 3D animated comedy.
Turbo is a very cute movie with lots of great animation and elements that the kids are going to love. It's just a bit hard to swallow.
'Turbo' isn't as original, complex, or humor-infused as a film like 'Ratatouille,' but it's still a solid movie for family viewing.
The animated races are fast and fun, the jokes are hip without being too snarky and the starry voice cast is super.
The graphics are colourful and kinetic in a souped-up computer game sort of way, and there's pleasure to be had in watching the racetrack zoom by at full throttle.
The racing set-pieces are fizzy enough, but you have to wonder if teaching snails not to be content with their given snail speed is the right message to put out there.
David Soren and his Dreamworks Animatoids follow the Pixar playbook page by well-thumbed page, replicating the utilitarian plotting and kooky characters that lend themselves so completely to merchandise spin-offs.
The picture has an energy which dares you to confine the term 'snail's pace' to history.
This flashy fantasia attempts to fuel-inject an American dream that is stuck in a recessionary slow lane.
Whizzy and superficial, this isn't the most complicated animated film ever made, but it's a lot of fun if you can buy into its silly premise about a snail who moves at super-fast speed.
Keys perfectly into being young and little.
It's good fun, especially for smaller children, and looks fabulous.
A perfectly enjoyable and often funny animation film with a stellar cast behind it, but the predictable storyline and underwhelming 3D effects are a little disappointing.
A zippy and good-natured adventure that hones in on its target audience from the get-go.
Fast and furiously good natured, it certainly puts the gas into gastropod.
Visually colourful but narratively bland ... Turbo zips through your brain without leaving a mark.
If you want to see Paul Giamatti as a snail - and who doesn't - you've come to the right place.
For a $135 million movie, Turbo is charmingly humble.
Audience Reviews for Turbo
Since Dreamworks are in the race with Pixar for the best animation studios (which everybody already know the result), they will make a movie every year and Turbo's got his turn to race in 2013.. As usual, nothing special from this movie as Dreamworks always like to make a movie about talking animals.. But as an animation movie for general audiences, it quite entertaining so still cheer up Turbo!
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Turbo is nonsense but it's likable enough for you not to want to go into the Garden with a bag of Salt. Turbo, a young Snail, dreams of becoming an Indy 500 champion and thanks to the miracle of bad science and the fact that somehow Mexicans speak Snail, he gets his chance. I like silly, so I have no problem with any of that, it's just the continuous message that these films like to dictate to our children that no matter how ridiculous your dream may seem, anything is achievable if you have faith, commitment, passion and belief in yourself. So enjoy with your kids but just make sure they don't jump out of the upstairs window with tea towels wrapped around their necks afterwards.
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Super Reviewer
While following the formula of countless kids films before it, "Turbo" is the type of film that is just as light-hearted and heartwarming as it is hilarious. With a story about a snail named Turbo who races in the Indianapolis 500, you have to be ready for ridiculousness from the beginning. I definitely prepared myself and it was a very fun ride! The voice acting is so Hollywood that it became a little distracting to me, and the father-son moments kind of made me role my eyes a bit, but there are truly some scenes that got me a little teary-eyed. "Turbo" is by no means the best animated film of the year, but it's a good watch if you have nothing better to do. Definitely recommended for kids!
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He's fast. They're furious.
Good animated movie! Who doesn't like a good underdog story? Well i for one do. Turbo is a fun, colorful, heart warming and cute film about big dreams and small beginnings. The lively cast make for a really charming film, really liked the characters. It is a fairly predictable film but the heart makes it special and makes up for that mostly. The racing theme is fun but Cars has done it before in the animated genre though in Turbo that setting felt really good and genuine. I liked the idea of a diverse humble supporting cast though a few stereotypes are there but nothing offensive. Granted the story is weak and it could have been developed on a further level to enhance the film and characters. The music is an added bonus with some classics and pumping familiar tracks though original music would have been a bit better. It isn't the best animated film this year but it is sweet and a fun, quick and charming watch.
From the makers of MADAGASCAR and KUNG FU PANDA, TURBO is a high-velocity 3D comedy about a snail who dares to dream big - and fast. After a freak accident infuses him with the power of super-speed, Turbo kicks into overdrive and embarks on an extraordinary journey to achieve the seemingly impossible: competing in the world's fastest race, the Indianapolis 500. With the help of his tricked-out streetwise snail crew, this ultimate underdog puts his heart and shell on the line to prove that no dream is too big, and no dreamer too small.
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Turbo Quotes
- Whiplash:
- "And I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear, what I clearly just heard"
- Whiplash:
- Your trash talk is needlessly complicated.
- Turbo:
- Are you crazy?
- Whiplash:
- Yeah, I'm crazy. What made you think I was sane?
- Chet:
- What if you lose your Super Powers tomorrow? Trubo - I'll make most of it today!
- Guy Gagné:
- No dream is too big, and no dreamer is too small.
- Whiplash:
- You've clearly got the skills to pay the bills! If snails have to pay bills, that is.
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