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Turnout

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A man (George Russo), who has been saving money with his girlfriend (Ophelia Lovibond) for a vacation, tries to hide the fact that he has blown it on an ill-advised drug deal.

Critics Reviews

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Ahmed Peerbux Little White Lies While Turnout is hardly a slice of London life like you've never seen before, Sales is certainly one to watch. Rated: 3/5 Sep 16, 2011 Full Review London Evening Standard Lee Sales's film makes Hoxton look like purgatory, what with George's friends, pubs blaring music and nearly everyone sniffing the stuff. Our poor middle-class girl hasn't got a chance. Rated: 2/5 Sep 16, 2011 Full Review Cath Clarke Guardian What went wrong for Ophelia Lovibond? It was all looking gangbusters after a string of entry-level Hollywood roles. Now here she is, bolt-on girlfriend in a third-rate Brit lad-flick. Rated: 1/5 Sep 15, 2011 Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) Much of the dialogue is drowned by thumping music. Sep 18, 2011 Full Review Matthew Turner ViewLondon Turnout is well acted and nicely paced, but it struggles to find the right tone and it's ultimately let down by an unlikeable lead character, the occasional snatch of dodgy dialogue and some irritating script problems. Rated: 2/5 Sep 17, 2011 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall There's a lot of talent both in front of and behind the camera on this gripping, low-budget London drama, so it's frustrating that the script doesn't give everyone more to work with. Rated: 2.5/5 Sep 15, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Surprisingly enjoyable romantic drama. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member TURNOUT is a film that's about nothing much, Its a decent enough film to see once and that's about it!!! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Gritty British film, great soundtrack Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Mike M A dim and silly bit of Hoxton cobblers, entering a plea on behalf of those low-ranking drug dealers being forced out of the East London neighborhood by gentrification. Woe is them... We're peering through pins for signs of promise: no roles for either Danny Dyer or Roland Manookian, which is something of a surprise, but we do get a cameo from Ben Drew - a.k.a. TV's Plan B - in the sort of hardman role American rappers usually attempt in a bid to persuade us they're less stage school-educated than they really are. (He's more convincing in those Bulmers Cider ads, the portly sellout.) As one might expect from a project originated within the music industry, it's performed in a supposedly authenticising vernacular, more often than not drowned out by the soundtrack. Duh. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/17/11 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A man (George Russo), who has been saving money with his girlfriend (Ophelia Lovibond) for a vacation, tries to hide the fact that he has blown it on an ill-advised drug deal.
Director
Lee Sales
Producer
Nick Barratt, Danny Potts
Screenwriter
Lee Sales, George Russo, Francis Pope
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 28, 2021
Runtime
1h 40m