It's not ground breaking story telling.

Rating: 7/10 (28 February 2014)

I blame IMDb for not being totally enthralled in this movie. A poll suggesting it should have gotten some award buzz and a rating of over 8, I was expecting good old fashioned story telling. captivating character development. Something classic. Instead I got a really great Sunday night movie.
One reviewer said "captivating story of two world renowned people", but I never heard of them before "Rush". Sure, F1 was, and is, not part of my life but at the end of the day this is a film. Regardless of knowing the characters a film should make one want to get to know them, and admittedly the characters were not captivating enough which was by no means a lack in acting skill. Rather, struggled drawing interest out of a famous driver that a non-F1 fan could relate to.
Maybe the problem is that Niki is far more interesting than James Hunt?
Nonetheless, to spite my lack of connection to the characters the film was well worth the watch. The cinematography was at times so avant-garde in the sense that I was hating it, then loving it, then hating, then loving - so I appreciate it, and respect it which is far more superior to just loving it.
The acting was on point - to spite the lack of interest, i mean the characters weren't interesting enough to google anything about them that the film didn't tell me.
The music was good, not too memorable nor distracting so fair in its delivery.
The locations were nicely covered and the production design was (especially in the pits) well realised in terms of the fact that its a period drama.
"Rush" cannot be faulted in its entirety, my expectations was the disappointment.