Gran Turismo (2023)

[doctorD]

Saw this today. It was pretty enjoyable. Looking forward to the blu-ray. 4/5 for me.

[Pieter V]

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $1,400,000
International Box Office $22,620,232
Worldwide Box Office $24,020,232

[residentgrigo]

The film is alright after suffering through a ridiculous first act, very well shot and I am not surprised that audiences like it but Jann Mardenborough´s real story is much more interesting. It´s too complicated for 2 hours due to the many racing series changes he went through and a lot of his career being in Japan but it is quite compelling. Easily enough material for an 8 to 10-ep mini-series due to his many highs and lows. Always the 2nd or 3rd but he is still at it. His lack of money to stay in the big leagues might finally be solved due to becoming a name with this film. 6/10
For the record. Forza > Gran Turismo but the Microsoft series is of course a rip-off.

[Tony208]

One of the more interesting things I've never heard of is this GT academy. How many talented people are out there that never got the opportunity to show the world what they could do?

Most reality tv competitions do find a few hidden gems before the talent pool dries out. If American Idol didn't exist would we still have Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson?

Reading up on his career, Jann proved he belonged as a professional racer.

[tcripe]

Saw this in IMAX last night. Very enjoyable! I did go in with rock bottom expectations though. Neil Blomkamp directed the racing scenes and especially the crashes very well. David Harbor killed it as usual.

[format916]

I’m surprised this hit number 1.

[Samus Aran]

The Moby music at the end took me out of it for a moment since that's how Heat ended too.

[VictoryAtNight]

Not bad. Not good, but not bad at all. It was well worth the $5 ticket.

[A Sith Lord?]

How did they implement any of the video game stuff in here?

Or is just using the name Gran Turismo and it's actually a story based on a true story type of thing? I know zero about this going in.

[TheSweetieMan]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

The Moby music at the end took me out of it for a moment since that's how Heat ended too.

What's crazy is Michael Mann used music that was in Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium' for 'Blackhat'.

Full circle, eh.

[Zivouhr]

GT theme, but based mostly on a kid playing GT video games, then becoming a real car racer in real life.

The timing to release this during the week most kids go back to school was bad timing IMO>

Domestic (35.7%)
$20,264,219
International (64.3%)
$36,500,000
Worldwide
$56,764,219

[MuffinMcFluffin]

Originally Posted by A Sith Lord?

How did they implement any of the video game stuff in here?

Or is just using the name Gran Turismo and it's actually a story based on a true story type of thing? I know zero about this going in.

If my 1787-word review doesn't answer this question, then I don't know what will lol.

In short, they make some of the real life elements look and sound like the game itself, and early on the character is shown playing the game a couple of times.

The crux of the story is that this is not "based on the video game," but rather "a true story about people who played the video game." It is about GT Academy finalists who compete in real world racing. So you'll see the main character play when he qualifies for said competition.

It becomes a ringing endorsement for this game as well as a couple of other Sony products.

[format916]

Predictable but fun. 4 stars for Ginger Spice.

[50strat54]

Loved the movie, Rocky for the race track.

[pikeman1]

Digital & VOD on Sept 26th

[MuffinMcFluffin]

Originally Posted by 50strat54

Loved the movie, Rocky for the race track.

Well, Cars 3 is Rocky 3 for the race track, but this can be the first Rocky I suppose.

[MazeRunner]

Originally Posted by pikeman1

Digital & VOD on Sept 26th

Now available

[avilab]

Just watched this. Entertaining, if a bit too predictable at times. As a racing fan, I know it was impossible to film everything in the development of Jann, but they tried to cover highlights for general audiences. As sacred as Le Mans is, it hurt me to see that they essentially created their own track layout. Again, for general audiences, it won't matter in the least, but for me, it took me out of the final race. I kinda wish they spent just a bit more time with Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the GT game series, as it's a great story in and of itself. Overall, good fun movie. 7/10.

[BluGalaxy]

Originally Posted by Tony208

One of the more interesting things I've never heard of is this GT academy.

I remember it started right when GT5 came out. It started as a series of online challenges to keep you playing the game and kind of ballooned out of that into what happened here. I wanted to take part and i had a decent Wheel/Setup but i was a bit busy with work and life at the time to devote any time to it.

[BudBaxter]

Originally Posted by huskersports

P.S.: Like Owl stated, I didn't realize that Ginger Spice played Jann's mom until the credits rolled at the end.

Early on in the film there's a shot of a framed photo of the dad, his kids & Ginger Spice that looks like a fan photo, & my immediate thought was "Huh, that's odd. I guess they're going to make the kid a fan of the Spice Girls".

Then a couple of minutes later, it's revealed she's his mum. D'oh!

It felt like an odd bit of casting, but as mentioned above, she has racing connections. She's not given a great deal to do, but she does it pretty well.


As for the rest of the movie, I wasn't expecting much, but I really enjoyed it. It doesn't exactly do anything new (bar a few fancy effects shots) & hits a bunch of the usual sports movie cliches, but the racing stuff was well put together, David Harbour was excellent, the lead kid was quite likeable, & the music he listens to to calm himself cracked me up every time it was played.

Orlando Bloom's character felt a bit underwritten. I imagine there's an evil corporate subplot involving him sitting on the cutting room floor somewhere. Ditto the evil driver's team owner (his father?). Why hire Thomas Kretschmannn for your movie & then give him so little to do? But hey, the movie already runs 2.14. That's plenty long enough.

7.5/10 from me. Well worth a look.