"Turbo" isn't a perfect cartoon, but it's so likable that, like its humble hero, you have to root for it.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
17 Jul 2013
fresh:
[An] energetic, funny cartoon about a plucky garden snail.
– Michael Sragow,
Orange County Register,
18 Jul 2013
fresh:
the movie seems to understand its own near-abject ridiculousness ... without getting overly nudge-nudge wink-wink ...
– Glenn Kenny,
MSN Movies,
19 Jul 2013
rotten:
After the originality of the hero, the filmmakers borrow too heavily from other movies; the similarities to "Ratatouille" and "Cars" are almost distracting.
– Peter Hartlaub,
San Francisco Chronicle,
22 Jul 2013
fresh:
Kids should be game for the ride, and the colourful characters offer humour and poignancy.