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Turbo - Movie Review: Accelerates Your Dreams
Adventurous and inspired, Theo moves out of his comfort zone to explore his surroundings and one day, accidentally falls into the engine of a car that contains nitrous oxide. And lo and behold, he gets magically transformed from a sluggish to a speedy snail. With this sudden power of speed, he longs to realise his dream of being a car racer. He rechristens himself as Turbo and parades himself before his clan. But will he crash and burn into the real world? This is the question thrown in by his colleagues and brother.
Soon circumstances make him move away from home to a run-down strip mall into the care of Tito, a truck driver selling tacos, whose hobby is snail racing. On noticing Turbo's speed, Tito is kicked into making Turbo participate in the Indianapolis 500 car rally. Turbo's protective older brother, Chet worries that Turbo is aiming too high in thinking he can become a speed demon. But Turbo chants his mantra, which his hero, Guy repeatedly expresses "No dream is too big".
As
Turbo
takes
up
this
challenge,
his
worried
brother
Chet
asks
him:
"What
happens
if
you
wake
up
tomorrow
and
find
most
of
your
power
gone?" Turbo
replies:
"I'll
make
the
most
of
it
today".
Stimulating!
Continue
to
read
Turbo
Movie
Review
in
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slideshow.
Plot And Narration Of Turbo
The plot smoothly progresses, interrupting periodically for musical montages featuring rap tunes. But the scenarios witnessed also bring along strong feelings of deja vu. What different is this snail who longs to be a racer from a rodent who longs to be a chef in Ratatouille? Or that building up to a big auto race set in Indianapolis different from one set in Cars and at the very end, there's even a brief nod to Transformers.
What Makes Turbo Appealing?
But the contrast in the premise is what makes Turbo appealing. Especially, a snail tracking in excess of 200 mph is absurd but in Turbo this is made believable.
Voiceovers For Turbo
The cocky yet vulnerable energy that Ryan Reynolds gives the little snail Turbo, works wonder. Giamatti as Chet, Samuel L. Jackson as Whiplash and Michael Pena as Tito are excellent. The fellow snail racers voiced by Maya Rudolph, Snoop Dogg, Samuel L. Jackson and owners of establishments in the mall, voiced by Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong and Michelle, just fit the bill.
Turbo Verdict
Director David Soren, in his first animated feature, manages to keep things moving faster than a speeding TURBO. The script manages to create a very entertaining ride with the 3D element. Kids are bound to love this film, as for the adults they would find Turbo a bit trivial.
Turbo Cast & Crew
Director:
David
Soren
Voiceovers:
Ryan
Reynolds,
Paul
Giamatti,
Maya
Rudolph,
Bill
Hader,
Luis
GuzmAin,
Samuel
L.
Jackson,
Michael
Pena,
Ken
Jeong,
Richard
Jenkins,
Snoop
Dogg
and
Michelle
Rodriguez
