What makes Enzo Ferrari an interesting person? His singular focus on designing and building race cars, selecting the best drivers, his ability to inspire his factory team to build fast and beautiful cars, and his ability to inspire his drivers to win.
So what do we get with the Ferrari movie? We get mostly a soap opera about his dead son, his illegitimate son, his philandering, his frustrated mistress, his betrayed wife, and his mother who wished her other son was the one that survived. We even get a sermon from a priest.
I.e. A soap opera.
Nothing about that is of any interest, as probably half of your acquaintances have a similar story to tell, and a very large number of movies address the same topic.
Who would go to a movie about Enzo Ferrari to learn about his soapy personal life? Not me.
I want to know about the cars, the drivers, the technology, and how Enzo managed all this to make the finest, most beautiful cars in the world.
The good parts of the movie are the racing scenes, and the oh-so-beautiful cars and the thrilling song of their engines. "Ferrari" would be a better movie if it left all the soap on the cutting room floor, but sadly a much shorter movie.
So what do we get with the Ferrari movie? We get mostly a soap opera about his dead son, his illegitimate son, his philandering, his frustrated mistress, his betrayed wife, and his mother who wished her other son was the one that survived. We even get a sermon from a priest.
I.e. A soap opera.
Nothing about that is of any interest, as probably half of your acquaintances have a similar story to tell, and a very large number of movies address the same topic.
Who would go to a movie about Enzo Ferrari to learn about his soapy personal life? Not me.
I want to know about the cars, the drivers, the technology, and how Enzo managed all this to make the finest, most beautiful cars in the world.
The good parts of the movie are the racing scenes, and the oh-so-beautiful cars and the thrilling song of their engines. "Ferrari" would be a better movie if it left all the soap on the cutting room floor, but sadly a much shorter movie.