Turn Me On – Movie Review
First Reaction – Turn Me On is an oddball comedy.
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Director: Michael Tyburski
Writer: Angela Bourassa (Screenplay)
Cast
- Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
- Nick Robinson (Love, Simon)
- Luke Kirby (Halloween Resurrection)
- Griffin Newman (The Tick)
- Ava Eisenson (The God Committee)
Plot: Under the control of a pill that eradicates human emotion, a young couple skip doses and discover new feelings, but realize that comes with emotional baggage to deal with.
Runtime: 1 Hour 39 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Turn Me On starts as we enter a dystopian world where everyone takes a vitamin. This keeps their emotions in order, and they never experience anything in life. When Joy (Pwoley) decides not to take her for a day, she learns about more in life. She convinces her partner William (Robinson) to join her too.
It doesn’t take long before they begin enjoying life like never before. They try to convince their friends to join them and soon they start causing a stir in their calm society.
Verdict on Turn Me On
Recap
The movie follows a couple in a dystopian world where everyone has their emotions controlled. One day they stop taking their pills and learn of a bigger world with more opportunities. However, it brings them new problems with fitting in and understanding emotions.
Best Parts
The movie is an excellent reflection on how emotions can control people’s lives. It gives the world here a chance to escape that world with a drug. With this, we see how people can turn to drugs too easily for emotional pain and this shows the good and the bad for it. It creates an odd world which opens the doors to escaping the everyday run-of-the-mill routine. The performances are good throughout the movie too.
Worst Parts
It does fall into the basic human demands once off the pills. This never opens the door to more natural ideas of what is needed in the world.
Final Thoughts –Turn Me On is a quirky comedy.
