Turbo 2013

Turbo is a 2013 computer-animated sports comedy film directed by David Soren, produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by 20th Century Fox. It was released on July 17, 2013.



Why it Rocks

 * 1) Great animation, as expected for a DreamWorks movie.
 * 2) Amazing voice acting, even from Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Samuel L. Jackson, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, and Bill Hader (his character Guy Gagne has a pretty cool, yet almost hard to recognize French accent).
 * 3) Plenty of funny moments.
 * 4) The characters are likable and funny.
 * 5) The film has a decent pace.
 * 6) The designs for the snails are truly appealing.
 * 7) Awesome soundtrack, with notable highlights being the score by Henry Jackman, who would later compose Disney's Big Hero 6 (also starring Maya Rudolph), and previously composed Wreck-it Ralph, and of course the song "That Snail Is Fast!" by Nomadik and V12, which is absolutely catchy and awesome.
 * 8) The premise is really good.
 * 9) "That snail is fast!"
 * 10) pawned a TV show, which was also good, and even more hilarious.
 * 11) The adult humor is clever and smart for a change.
 * 12) The Indianapolis 500!

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The story, while not bad, can be a little predictable and cliché sometimes, and some elements are noticeably similar to Cars and Ratatouille.
 * 2) A few characters can come off as racial stereotypes.
 * 3) Chet can be rather unlikable at times, due to being too overprotective towards his own brother, Theo (later renamed Turbo). However, he does redeem himself and become better near the end.
 * 4) Sometimes, the adult humor, while clever and intelligent for a change, can be a little off for younger audiences.
 * 5) This film arguably has one of, if not, the worst DreamWorks twist villain with Guy Gagne. Guy is never set up as a villain until the big twist, and afterwards acts like a self-absorbed jerk in front of the crowd, which he never did in the rest of the film. The twist doesn't even work since even taking it out of the story entirely, Guy would still need to try and win against Turbo.