Dreamworks Animation Movie #3
Turbo
2013
Rating: PG
Budget: 127 million
Box Office: 282 million plus
IMDb Logline: "A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500."
Review: I wouldn't have imagined that an animated movie featuring snails would ever work. Snails are weird looking and seem limited as far as story prospects. Turbo is indeed strange to behold at first. However, the animation is really impressive and the funky snails actually won me over. The predictable story was cute and entertaining, although it could be argued that the character stereotypes were "borderline racist."
According to Wikipedia, the film had one of the lowest grosses in Dreamworks Animation history and the studio took a loss because the film fell short of their expectations. I don't remember hearing anything about this movie when it was released (not that I would have watched it anyway). Also, maybe others, like me, assumed cartoon snails would be boring.
Themes: Self-actualization; following your dreams; the underdog champion; exceeding limitations:"slo no mo" poster tagline/improving your circumstances; superpower; bro-love
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