Quite A Film Indeed

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2015)

Spectacular direction by Tony Scott and a script form legendary screen writer Robert Towne bring life to this incredibly exciting race car tale in stunning fashion. Robert Duval is superb as the old time car builder and Nicole Kidman is breathtaking as the doctor. John C. Reilly gives excellent support and the entire cast is uniformly perfect in their roles. The race scenes are absolutely the epitome of magnificence and constitute some of the greatest stock car racing ever filmed. After decades of avoiding this movie because of Tom Cruise, I now realize this is more a Robert Duval film than a Tom Cruise movie and everything is redeemed by the Oscar winning actor's presence. Nice to hear Nicole Kidman's actual accent and a credit to the producers for including it. Overall, a great film, with fiery direction, an excellent script, a superb Robert Duval, and a Nicole Kidman who is truly pleasing.