Turbo (2013)
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 83
Fresh: 54 | Rotten: 29
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.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 22
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 6
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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Average Rating: 3.8/5
User Ratings: 51,940
Movie Info
A garden snail dreams of becoming the fastest snail in the world.
Cast
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Ryan Reynolds
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Paul Giamatti
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Michael Peña
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Samuel L. Jackson
Whiplash -
Luis Guzman
Angelo -
Bill Hader
Guy Gagné -
Snoop Dogg
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Maya Rudolph
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Ben Schwartz
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Richard Jenkins
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Ken Jeong
Kim Ly -
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All Critics (83) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (54) | Rotten (29)
After the originality of the hero, the filmmakers borrow too heavily from other movies; the similarities to "Ratatouille" and "Cars" are almost distracting.
Top Criticthe movie seems to understand its own near-abject ridiculousness ... without getting overly nudge-nudge wink-wink ...
"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.
A sort-of escargot-meets-"Cars" adventure, it has some sharp vocal turns and remains fun even when its inventiveness runs out of gas.
Ultimately, "Turbo" nicely lives up to its diminutive hero's credo of, "No dream is too big, and no dreamer too small" - a pleasant thought, for people of all sizes.
Though the "be yourself" theme is becoming a little too familiar what really sparks the proceedings here are the lashings of wily humour, the takedown of hero worship and a terrific subtext about overcoming the limits others put on you.
I'd like to see family-oriented flicks take a few more chances but for what it is, Turbo makes for decent viewing.
The latest DreamWorks animation epic Turbo offers gorgeous imagery (duh), a nifty star vocal cast, some sweet gags and a plot that, even by these proudly fantasy-heavy standards, is pretty damn silly. But anyway...
Perfectly predictable but endlessly entertaining and boasting amazing animation, Turbo is yet another zero to hero st
Filled with inventive ideas, wacky concepts and characters so colourful they are off the rainbow chart, Turbo is a breath of fresh air guaranteed to delight youngsters and adults alike
An almost excessively innocuous animated endeavor...
The buildup to the inevitable big race is a lot more fun than the climax itself.
A snail with the need for speed turns into the best animated film I have seen all year. We may have seen this all in Ratatouille but it still seems fresh as a slug.
Yes, it's inevitable that somebody utters the words "there's nothing in the rules that says a snail can't enter the race," because if someone didn't say it, we wouldn't have a movie.
It is aggressive, poisonous in its mediocrity, not just denuded of imagination and creativity but openly contemptuous of the idea of such things.
Good animation plus strong voice talent make this a solid family entertainment film.
dutifully and cheerfully follows a well-worn path and rarely if ever deviates from the rising-underdog formula, and while it doesn't break any new ground, what it does it does quite well
With Turbo, it feels like large swaths of what it should accomplish are simply omitted (although not for time, at 96 minutes it drags considerably).
Turbo is a harmless underdog story for kids with well-executed racing sequences but a flat approach to characterization and unchallenging life lessons.
The prevailing sense with Turbo is that it's overly calculated while receiving none of the basic care and attention it requires in order to thrive.
I feel the need... the need for speed(y snails)
Isn't a great movie, but it is entertaining enough to put a smile on most faces
[An] energetic, funny cartoon about a plucky garden snail.
Audience Reviews for Turbo
Super Reviewer
A simple snail is turned into a super fast snail when he accidentally gets sucked up into a modded cars turbo engine and he somehow mutates into this supersnail (yeah you missed this idea Marvel). So this story is gonna be even more outlandish than the regular insect animations.
At first the angle of the film is much like any other creepy crawly kids flick, its silly but its still based around how that creature actually exists in reality. In a garden munching on leaves, lettuce, tomatoes, getting eaten by birds and avoiding dangerous situations like evil kids. But as the film progresses it slowly morphs into a clear 'Fast n Furious' rip off for kids. At first I wasn't too sure if I was gonna like it but luckily the plot takes us into the realms of F1/Indycar racing...I feared an all out cheesy chav filled bling fest.
The visuals are filled with neon which tends to be a cheap way to try and make things look cool but admittedly it does look quite good here. I do like the neon snail trail 'Turbo' leaves and how it follows the coils in his shell. Although the fact his little body made all sorts of car noises and his eyes lit up as headlights was a bit too far for me. I did also find myself liking his fellow snail friends with their ridiculous shells, it was totally daft but kinda cute at the same time. The snail crew were actually really amusing I must admit, S.L. Jackson really makes the most of his well known loud aggressive persona which was funny coming from a little snail. The rest were kinda cliched with the obligatory hip hop snail in a small crew that were clearly a parody of the characters in '2 Fast 2 Furious', 'White Shadow' was easily the best snail for me.
The story is insane though, this fat guy (Mexican?) finds Turbo and decides the best thing to do is enter him in the Indianapolis 500...yes the real Indianapolis 500. Now I have to say this concept is beyond surreal frankly but there we go. I can't really moan about it as this is in no way suppose to be taken seriously. I mean the snails supposedly only know of their little garden world, so how would they know what Mexican food is or anything in the outside world? oh right Turbo watches TV...I'll stop right here. Anyway if it were me I'd just get the snail on the news and travel the world showing him off, why risk getting the little fella crushed straight away?!.
Its definitely more of a kids film but I'm sure adults will enjoy some of it, the whole thing is so cozy and cheerful how can you not like it?. The quick little quips from various snail characters kept me amused, Giamatti as 'Chet' was good for that. The classic underdog (undersnail hehehe) tale, there aren't any surprises here lets put it this way. What happens in the race (the whole plot) is basic 101 story telling and you know what will happen a mile off. This isn't a problem though as the film is all heart, full of bright colourful visuals and some great little characters (crank up the merchandise machine).
Super Reviewer
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- Chet: What if you lose your Super Powers tomorrow? Trubo - I'll make most of it today!
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- Guy Gagné: No dream is too big, and no dreamer is too small.
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- Whiplash: You've clearly got the skills to pay the bills! If snails have to pay bills, that is.
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- Smoove Move: Slow motion baby.
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- Whiplash: Name's Whiplash and this is my crew.
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- Turbo: Yes! A new record.
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- Turbo - Kleine Schnecke, großer Traum (DE)
