Sure, Ford V. Ferrari is a bit of a 'dad' movie—but what's wrong with that?
Jason Keller
, takes a tight, fascinating look at the ensuing clashes of culture and will, with racing and engineering hero Carroll Shelby playing the cool-tempered referee. In one corner, we have a company newly obsessed with its image courting Shelby, the man with the vision to help the company build that image anew.
The racing scenes are demanding to the senses, enough that Mangold’s thoroughly imagined sound design, his smart visual pacing all sell you on the danger and exhaustion of the experience. He loves a great reaction shot, and the clench-jawed, cussing, greasy-faced Bale is more than game. You can imagine a version of this movie that’s entirely told from his cockpit, and no less dramatic for it.
Le Mans is a daylong competition, and a clear endpoint for the movie. That scene in itself is a cavalcade of drama, all of the film’s tensions and power plays distilled to in-the-moment betrayals and decisions that make us double down on our loyalties. And the actors, practical charm factories, give the movie the keen emotional hum it needs to make this stuff work. Ken and Carroll are old friends; their fist fights are love tussles, albeit genuinely violent.
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