Turbo (2013)

"Are you crazy?"

"Yeah, I'm crazy! What made you think I was sane?"

Turbo the snail (Reynolds) dreams about racing in the Indianapolis 500.  Every evening he watches videos of his idol, 5 time champion Guy Gagne (Hader), and does time trials to improve.  Every day he works with the other garden snails to harvest tomatoes.  Everyone thinks his dream is an unrealistic joke.

An accident gives Turbo extraordinary speed.  He and his brother, Chet (Giamatti), are fired from the their jobs in the garden and end up far away from home.  Turbo joins forces with taco truck visionary Tito (Peno) and a gang of racing snails.  Can Turbo's Indy 500 dreams come true?


As I have mentioned before, my dad and brother are interested in going fast.  My dad loves racing (Nascar, Indy, Formula One, etc.) and my brother loves Motorcycle racing and has competed a few times.  For that reason, I have a working knowledge of professional racing.  When the trailers for this film first aired, I knew I would end up seeing it.

It is an intriguing premise and it mostly comes together.  The film has a great voice cast, that perform their roles without pulling you out of the story.  The voices fit the characters and the animation.  I thought it was a cute, inoffensive film that I enjoyed but don't really want to see again.  It didn't do too well in theaters, but it was popular enough to have a television show Turbo FAST on Netflix.

Turbo (2013) 96 minutes
Director: David Soren
Starring: Ryan Reynolds as Theo / Turbo
Paul Giamatti as Chet
Michael Peno as Tito
Samuel L. Jackson as Whiplash
Luis Guzman as Angelo
Bill Hader as Guy Gagne
Snoop Dogg as Smoove Move
Maya Rudolph as Burn
Ben Schwartz as Skidmark
Richard Jennings as Bobby
Ken Jeong as Kim Ly
Michelle Rodriguez as Paz