Gran Turismo
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The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.
What critics thought
DivisiveAudiences responded far more warmly than critics, who were split along a fairly clear fault line: the racing sequences and Blomkamp's direction — particularly the climactic 24-hour race — earned genuine praise, while the storytelling mechanics of translating a video game into an underdog sports drama left many cold. The sharpest disagreement is over whether the film's sincerity saves it or whether that sincerity is itself a kind of manufactured feeling.
“There's an innocence to this one, and a surprise authenticity”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“Gran Turismo works best because it eschews its video game origins quickly before settling into a standard race car film. It's unknown how fans of the game will respond to the movie — no one watching the movie in this critic's theater pointed out any specific game Easter eggs — but on the whole fans of racecar films should be in for a good time.”
Kristen Lopez·TheWrap
“a simulation of cinema, with scarcely a human fingerprint anywhere on its chassis”
Ryan Gilbey·the Guardian
“Gran Turismo could have used this inspiring true story to show how video games open up possibilities and remove barriers in the real world. Instead, it just uses it to score points.”
Oli Welsh·Polygon
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Cast & Crew
Neill BlomkampDirector
Archie MadekweJann Mardenborough
David HarbourJack Salter
Orlando BloomDanny Moore
Djimon HounsouSteve Mardenborough
Darren BarnetMatty Davis
Maeve Courtier-LilleyAudrey
Geri Halliwell-HornerLesley Mardenborough
Daniel PuigCoby Mardenborough
Josha StradowskiNicholas Capa
Thomas KretschmannPatrice Capa
Emelia HartfordLeah Vega
Pepe BarrosoAntonio Cruz
Andrew KawczynskiComposer
Lorne BalfeComposer
Jason HallWriter
Zach BaylinWriter
Jacques JouffretCinematographyGran Turismo
The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.
What critics thought
DivisiveAudiences responded far more warmly than critics, who were split along a fairly clear fault line: the racing sequences and Blomkamp's direction — particularly the climactic 24-hour race — earned genuine praise, while the storytelling mechanics of translating a video game into an underdog sports drama left many cold. The sharpest disagreement is over whether the film's sincerity saves it or whether that sincerity is itself a kind of manufactured feeling.
“There's an innocence to this one, and a surprise authenticity”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“Gran Turismo works best because it eschews its video game origins quickly before settling into a standard race car film. It's unknown how fans of the game will respond to the movie — no one watching the movie in this critic's theater pointed out any specific game Easter eggs — but on the whole fans of racecar films should be in for a good time.”
Kristen Lopez·TheWrap
“a simulation of cinema, with scarcely a human fingerprint anywhere on its chassis”
Ryan Gilbey·the Guardian
“Gran Turismo could have used this inspiring true story to show how video games open up possibilities and remove barriers in the real world. Instead, it just uses it to score points.”
Oli Welsh·Polygon
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Cast & Crew
Neill BlomkampDirectorArchie MadekweJann MardenboroughDavid HarbourJack SalterOrlando BloomDanny MooreDjimon HounsouSteve MardenboroughDarren BarnetMatty DavisMaeve Courtier-LilleyAudreyGeri Halliwell-HornerLesley MardenboroughDaniel PuigCoby MardenboroughJosha StradowskiNicholas CapaThomas KretschmannPatrice CapaEmelia HartfordLeah VegaPepe BarrosoAntonio CruzAndrew KawczynskiComposerLorne BalfeComposerJason HallWriterZach BaylinWriterJacques JouffretCinematographyStream
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