F1: The Movie
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F1: The Movie is an exciting summer film that is primarily about two car race drivers. The film was directed by Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick), who wrote the film with Oscar nominee Ehren Kruger (Top Gun: Maverick).
Sonny Hayes, played by two-time Oscar winner Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, 12 Years a Slave), is a veteran race car driver. Thirty years ago, Sonny’s Formula 1 career ended when he badly crashed his car. Now, he goes from town to town looking for a race, most recently winning at Daytona.
An old friend of Sonny’s, Ruben Cervantes played by Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), finds him in a laundromat. Ruben is desperate. His Apex Grand Prix team hasn’t won a race all season, and as a result, the board of directors is threatening to sell the company.
Ruben asks Sonny to come to England to race on his team and mentor the up-and-coming racing star on his team Joshua Pearce, played by Damson Idris. After initially hesitating, Sonny agrees to do so. But the two drivers do not get along, and the Apex team’s results suffer. Will the two drivers be able to turn things around and save Ruben and the team’s jobs with Apex?
The film includes themes of friendship and teamwork. Joshua has a close relationship with his mother Bernadette, played by two-time Emmy nominee Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso).
The film contains some adult language, intense car crashes and a bedroom scene between Sonny and  technical director Kate McKenna, played by Oscar nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), (though nothing explicit was shown).
This was an enjoyable movie, with a good cast and thrilling race scenes, though the film seemed a bit long at two hours and thirty-five minutes.