Gran Turismo (2023)

‘Gran Turismo’ offers a compelling based-on-truth racing story but still skids into cliches. Neill Blomkamp returns to bigger-budget filmmaking with this movie, which takes a unique approach to adapting a game.

Opening in limited release in theaters on August 11th and wide on August 25th, ‘Gran Turismo’ is the latest attempt to bring a video game –– sorry, driving simulator as the movie’s characters are at pains to remind us –– to screens. And it’s a mostly successful effort, partly because it has a compelling true story/underdog tale to tell rather than trying to force a narrative onto a title that doesn’t have one.