I just saw this 'made-for-TV movie for the first time.
The production of this movie, cast, actors, pace, etc were all well done. No issues there
My dad was a used car salesman after retiring from a 30 year military career. He was patriotic, once raced cars in his youth, lovingly recalled the model Ts & other Ford's, and loved cars & America in general. So maybe I went into this film biased from the get-go . . . Including the idea that Henry Ford was any sort of reasonable man.
He was, I will say, hard working & rewarding of blue-collar labour - well . . . Except when he made arbitrary, contrary decisions that had worse results than low wages . . .
Tried to research the story, 'based on true events' - which btw, are always embellished, sensationalized & otherwise altered for various reasons in these type movies - because regarding this movie, Ford is depicted as an utter jerk. In summary and in no certain order; he's obstinate, unreasonable, doesn't listen, has zero business sense & refuses to learn, is antisemitic, has outrageously blatant double-standards, is an adulterer, intolerant, and more. To say he was 'a genius' - is an overstatement, - - who was 'flawed' is really an understatement. By the end of the movies portrayal, I hated him.
I don't care what he invented or did good.
It was being done or going to be done better by someone anyway. It was even brought out in the movie that Chevrolet was out-doing Ford at one point.
The allocades & honors he received in this movie seemed like they were portraying a truth; Ford simply got a lot of lip service & pandering.
At any rate, throughout the entire movie I kept waiting for some scene where he was going to have an mind-altering, personality-changing epiphany - but he remained infantile.
By the time the grandson inherited the company & finally got rid of the gangster-jerk I was beyond ready for Henry to die. I found zero compassion or concern of any kind for him in this movie.
Maybe this movie was the true story the family wanted to be known about an alleged icon.
The production of this movie, cast, actors, pace, etc were all well done. No issues there
My dad was a used car salesman after retiring from a 30 year military career. He was patriotic, once raced cars in his youth, lovingly recalled the model Ts & other Ford's, and loved cars & America in general. So maybe I went into this film biased from the get-go . . . Including the idea that Henry Ford was any sort of reasonable man.
He was, I will say, hard working & rewarding of blue-collar labour - well . . . Except when he made arbitrary, contrary decisions that had worse results than low wages . . .
Tried to research the story, 'based on true events' - which btw, are always embellished, sensationalized & otherwise altered for various reasons in these type movies - because regarding this movie, Ford is depicted as an utter jerk. In summary and in no certain order; he's obstinate, unreasonable, doesn't listen, has zero business sense & refuses to learn, is antisemitic, has outrageously blatant double-standards, is an adulterer, intolerant, and more. To say he was 'a genius' - is an overstatement, - - who was 'flawed' is really an understatement. By the end of the movies portrayal, I hated him.
I don't care what he invented or did good.
It was being done or going to be done better by someone anyway. It was even brought out in the movie that Chevrolet was out-doing Ford at one point.
The allocades & honors he received in this movie seemed like they were portraying a truth; Ford simply got a lot of lip service & pandering.
At any rate, throughout the entire movie I kept waiting for some scene where he was going to have an mind-altering, personality-changing epiphany - but he remained infantile.
By the time the grandson inherited the company & finally got rid of the gangster-jerk I was beyond ready for Henry to die. I found zero compassion or concern of any kind for him in this movie.
Maybe this movie was the true story the family wanted to be known about an alleged icon.