Gran Turismo Review Roundup
After being poked fun at since the trailer rollout, Gran Turismo has had people curious about what lies beyond the slick aesthetic.
Yesterday the film debuted at 60% on Rotten Tomatoes from 40 reviews which has since fallen to 58% with 43.
Receiving primarily two and three-star reviews, it appears most critics were middling on the film.
Gran Turismo hits US theaters on August 25th, so here's what the critics had to say ahead of the film's release.
Review roundup
Variety: It's made with a spontaneous humanistic grace, and the racing sequences, which dominate the movie because they're truly the story it's telling, are dazzlingly directed and edited.
Deadline: With plenty of potent auto action, some well-defined characters and welcome fresh components, this is an engaging look at people who overcome their own doubts and perceived shortcomings to help pull off something genuinely unusual. It's a lively, spunky piece of work with no pretenses and all the more welcome for that.
The Hollywood Reporter: All of these elements help the film overcome a conspicuous deficit of convincing character development and in-depth plotting. In this case, it's the thrills that sell, and Gran Turismo has plenty of those.
Empire: For while this makes admirable gestures towards the noble intentions of reach-for-your-dreams sports-movie feel-goodery, it's very hard to shake the feeling that it is simply a highly elaborate corporate branding exercise, the smell of the ink from rubber-stamping approval never far away.
The Telegraph: Nothing here feels real or tangible. You could argue that makes for a better recreation of the game – but then why bother heading to the cinema when you simply could stay home and hop on a controller?
Digital Spy: You'll wish for more of the actual true story, but the movie is still an entertaining late-summer blockbuster that'll get the pulse racing.
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