Just goes to show what you can do with a great team...

Rating: 8/10 (18 November 2019)

This is just great! Bale and Damon are really convincing as a pair of "individuals" who design and build - with the help of some wooden door wedges - a magnificent feat of motor engineering despite their own personal demons; corporate America - exemplified by a thoroughly odious Josh Lucas and the pretty horrible French weather. Noah Jupe, who plays Bale's son Peter is also superb. The race photography and sound are wonderful - you really do get sucked into the exhilaration of it all. The only thing missing is the smell of the petrol fumes. I was slightly dubious that I could ever want a Ford (think: box, square, dull, Henry Fonda) to defeat a Ferrari (think: sleek. red, classy, James Dean) but in the end, I sort of did. 2½ hours just flies by. Interestingly, there is a distinct paucity of swearing in this film, too. Big screen/sound essential.