Turbo
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: July 17, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyOct 24, 2013
Rather than bionically enhancing all its characters, a better movie might have found ways to celebrate their sloth and slime. Read full review
60
Total FilmKen McIntyreOct 21, 2013
Paul Giamatti shines as Theo’s pessimistic brother Chet, and the uplifting message never smashes you over the head. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonAnna SmithOct 15, 2013
Kids should be game for the ride, and the colourful characters offer humour and poignancy: Paul Giamatti’s cautious snail Chet shares a sweet friendship with reckless Turbo. Comparisons with Pixar’s ‘Cars’ are easy to make, but that’s no bad thing. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJul 16, 2013
Families who have already raced to “Monsters University” and “Despicable Me 2” will find Turbo an acceptable third-place finisher. A sort-of escargot-meets-“Cars” adventure, it has some sharp vocal turns and remains fun even when its inventiveness runs out of gas. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 16, 2013
Competent, pretty funny in places, awfully nice to look at, that sort of thing. There’s just not a lot of excitement, though. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandJul 17, 2013
Let's face it: Kids aren't a very demanding audience. If there's color, movement, and a high quotient of silliness, they're happy. Read full review
50
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJul 16, 2013
This is such a generic endeavor — not a poor effort, just one that doesn't attempt to do anything besides splash a screen with color and movement. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJul 16, 2013
It is interesting to note that a movie strenuously preaching the virtue of being different should be so fundamentally — so deliberately, so timidly — just like everything else of its kind... Still, even in the absence of originality, there is fun to be had, thanks to some loopy, clever jokes...and a lively celebrity voice cast. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJul 12, 2013
An attractively designed but narratively challenged, one-note film. Read full review
40
EmpireNick de SemlyenOct 14, 2013
If you want to see Paul Giamatti as a snail - and who doesn't - you've come to the right place. If you don't, wait for Cloudy 2. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick SchagerJul 16, 2013
Content to be merely cheerfully clichéd, it's an assembly-line kids' film that, unlike its daring protagonist, risks little, and thus reaps only modest rewards. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearJul 16, 2013
All Turbo does is give Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Samuel L. Jackson and Snoop Dogg the easiest paychecks they’ll ever make, and its corporate overlords the chance to sell a few toys. Read full review
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