Gran Turismo

Movie • 2023

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Roger Ebert

Director Neill Blomkamp’s “Gran Turismo,” a crowd-pleasing, genre-bending sports drama, approaches wonder with an odd tepidness.

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The Guardian

Amid the screenplay platitudes and shameless advertising riffs, there’s an intriguing story of alien worlds colliding

theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/13/gran-turismo-review-game-boy-turned-real-life-motor-sport-whiz-kid-neill-blomkamp-geri-halliwell-orlando-bloom

Variety

“Gran Turismo” is a race-car movie that gives the audience a contact high. It's like a “Fast and Furious” movie made without cynicism, and it gets to you.

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IGN

Gran Turismo is a slick, watchable hunk of cross-promotional pablum – a glorified infomercial with bona fide crowd-pleasing horsepower under the hood.

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Cinephile Corner

Gran Turismo may be an attempt to sell more copies of the video game it’s based on, but the filmmaking elements are still slick and riveting.

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IMDb

It has an unbelievable story to tell and it does it very effectively.

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IMDb

Gran Turismo, directed by Neill Blomkamp, tells the true story of British gamer Jann Mardenborough, who transitioned from a real-life racing career to a big-screen role.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Gran Turismo made me remember just how fun it is to play the game and made me turn it on when I got home, dreaming of being a race car driver again.

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