Review of Turnout (2011) by Tom B — 01 Dec 2011
Bruv, this is a poor turnout!
Sponsored by Ralph Lauren, this is another Brit flop of a film. An awful chav cast deliver a chav story about a small time drug dealing young man, where every other word is bruv.
George (an unlike-able main character) and his girlfriend (big fringe and teeth and not much else) are planning a holiday, but George has no job and is a cockney waster like his council estate mates. So he buys some cocaine to re-sell and earn the holiday money he requires to woo his 'posher' bird.
Turnout, or better named Burnout, boasts woeful acting, silly, obvious scripting, a stretched classic idea and a young Paul Bettany look alike messing around North London. It is as soft as the main character, with style over substance, stereotypes and comical cartoon representatives throughout.
The ending will be viewed one of 2 ways (as a good inevitable tidy ending or a hard to believe total cop-out) . Either way it's conclusion is that this is a modern, independent love story with little substance (other than the drugs).
T.O is a small film happy just being different, watering down content with easy slang and yob behaviour making up for a lack of quality content.
Not for everyone bruv, silly and niche, geezers only tonight.
This review of Turnout (2011) was written by Tom B on 01 Dec 2011.
Turnout has generally received mixed reviews.
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