TCTTS said:
Pretty good movie overall.
I'd say it's 50% about the racing, and 50% about Ferrari's relationships with his wife and his mistress, which is more compelling than you might think.
Also, don't go in expecting to root hard for Ferrari or his team - this isn't some underdog story or anything like that - but it's still solid, and my whole family thought it was worthwhile. Just an interesting slice of history, with one absolutely insane moment in the third act that left our jaws on the floor (and it actually happened in real life).
Don't go in expecting to have your hand held either. You're kind of thrown in the middle of it all, playing a bit of catch up, but I liked that about it, and you get caught up soon enough.
Again, it's nothing special, but definitely worth at least renting at some point, as it's one of Mann's better efforts over the past couple of decades.
I went in not expecting much but I enjoyed it. I liked Driver as Ferrari and definitely could have watched more. I have a feeling what Mann wanted to do probably had a lot more of both the racing and his personal life. What I thought was missing was something that his wife referenced in their last fight. Where is the tortured genius? Where is the fighter? They crammed a lot into the movie but it felt like it could have been more effective as a series on something like MAX. It was just a small snippet of his life and I would have liked to have seen more.
It's not a movie of heroes and villains, which I know can turn some viewers off but I didn't have a problem with it. I appreciate that Mann didn't present it that way either. Ferrari had adversaries and obstacles but nothing was there to indicate they were extraordinary. They did portray Ferrari himself as complicated but didn't try to paint him in a positive or negative light.
I enjoyed the racing scenes a lot. It's a small thing but one of my favorite details was how the cars sounded. I expected Mann would deliver on that and he did.
This is now streaming on HULU for anyone that's interested.
