Tom really surprises me.

Rating: 9/10 (11 May 2015)

Wow, I really didn't think that Tom Cruise was actually capable of carrying a heartfelt movie. My opinion is that this is the best movie Tom Cruise has made so far.
I actually only decided to watch this because I'm a car guy, and I knew that this movie had a Ferrari 250 GTO in it (turns out it's a replica). Interestingly, there were also quite a few other nice classic cars in the movie, such as a 1960s fastback Mustang and a Volvo 1800ES shooting-brake.
It's a well-written and complex story that comes together at the end, but I don't want to give anything away, so I'm going to stop there. Normally, Cruise is a charismatic and energetic "Movie Star," but not a particularly compelling or convincing actor, and until the end this formula was holding true, but then, for lack of a better word, the film blossoms.
The way I would categorize this movie is that the French should have made it, but until they do, the American original will do nicely.