Ferrari

Ferrari

During the summer of 1957, former race car driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. All the dramatic forces of his life are in collision. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of another. Enzo decides to counter his losses by rolling the dice on one race – 1,000 miles across Italy, the iconic Mille Miglia.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 131 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Stars: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Patrick Dempsey, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O'Connell, Michele Savoia, Valentina Bellè, Tommaso Basili, Andrea Dolente, Lino Musella, Brett Smrz, Massi Furlan
  • Director: Michael Mann
 Comments
  • AntoineMatuttis - 3 July 2024
    Disappointing
    This movie was a waste of talent.

    Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz are amazing but that's basically it.

    The trailer made this movie seem like a thrill-ride. Sadly it's kinda slow for a racing movie - EVEN IN THE FINAL RACE!!!

    During the final race everyone is having these small chill conversations in between and people are making weird decisions that cost them important seconds. It took me completely out of the movie and ruined all the tension - Like... are you even trying to win?!

    The soundtrack is trying it's best to make the things that are happening more tense but it's not enough.

    Also this movie contains some of the most ridiculous dumb looking car crash scenes ever. There are some scenes that are supposed to be dramatic that almost had me laughing for how bad the visual effects looked! It would have even been better to show the crashes off-screen.

    Another decision I hated was that in the final race they made the cars of the competition the same colour as Ferrari's. I don't care what colour they had in the historical context but this was just confusing to watch - at one point in particular I wasn't even sure who was leading in the race.

    All of this would have been fine for a young inexperienced director but this is Michael Mann we are talking about.
  • fizzledark - 8 June 2024
    Great Acting! Terrible pace.
    For a movie about a man who is responsible for some of the fastest cars in the world, this movie is awfully slow. Having said that, it's a halfway decent character study. Unfortunately, Michael Mann can't decide if he's making a film about cars or relationships that suffer under the strain of infidelity. I think he was probably shooting for using duality to show the similarities between the strain on Enzo Ferrari's career and the strain on his marriage. If that was the goal, it didn't work.

    As usual, fantastic performances from every actor involved. Adam Driver is always amazing and this film is no exception. Penelope Cruz is terribly miscast, but gives a good performance.