DreamWorks Animation has done mostly better movies. Most of which are either classics (How To Train Your Dragon and Prince of Egypt) or just downright disappointing (Shark Tale and The Boss Baby).
Back at the early 2010's, this movie came out at the time when DreamWorks was struggling at the box office for a while during the 20th Century Fox era and it lost money for the studio although that didn't stop it from getting a Netflix spin off series later on. That being said, I think this is a very fun movie. Is it a classic? Not really. Does it have problems? Yes. The story does have some cliches we've seen before: the underdog story, the social outcast, the overprotective brother, etc., the secondary side characters especially the other snail racers could've been fleshed out more. Not to mention the villain himself is so one-dimensional despite Bill Hader's great voice work. However, it still has some charm of it's own, the voice work is really good especially Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti and Samuel L. Jackson, the racing sequences are great to look at, the music score from Henry Jackman is very heartwarming, and the third act is where the movie does get better.
Overall, Turbo isn't exactly one of DreamWorks Animation's strongest films, but at the very least it tries to do something with it's weird concept about a racing snail and is infinitely better than Shark Tale, Bee Movie, and The Boss Baby. 7.5/10.
Back at the early 2010's, this movie came out at the time when DreamWorks was struggling at the box office for a while during the 20th Century Fox era and it lost money for the studio although that didn't stop it from getting a Netflix spin off series later on. That being said, I think this is a very fun movie. Is it a classic? Not really. Does it have problems? Yes. The story does have some cliches we've seen before: the underdog story, the social outcast, the overprotective brother, etc., the secondary side characters especially the other snail racers could've been fleshed out more. Not to mention the villain himself is so one-dimensional despite Bill Hader's great voice work. However, it still has some charm of it's own, the voice work is really good especially Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti and Samuel L. Jackson, the racing sequences are great to look at, the music score from Henry Jackman is very heartwarming, and the third act is where the movie does get better.
Overall, Turbo isn't exactly one of DreamWorks Animation's strongest films, but at the very least it tries to do something with it's weird concept about a racing snail and is infinitely better than Shark Tale, Bee Movie, and The Boss Baby. 7.5/10.