Ferrari (2023)

[Alex...]

Title: Ferrari (Michael Mann)

Genre: Drama

Director: Michael Mann

Cast: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Patrick Dempsey, Jack O'Connell, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone

Release: 202?

Plot: During the summer of 1957, former race car driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. All the dramatic forces of his life are in collision. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of another. Enzo decides to counter his losses by rolling the dice on one race – 1,000 miles across Italy, the iconic Mille Miglia.

 

[Alex...]

Deadline

 

[YANG]

i hope that this movie is kind of prequel to the Ford vs Ferrari and shot in Italian language to bring out that authenticity of the original character... man... there're just too much Hollywood produce that didn't portray the original character's identity well... at least, like what GodFather did.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

This is another of those pictures I feel like was announced years ago and still does not yet exist. Love Mr. Mann and look forward to seeing this. I think Pacino was going to play Enzo, that's how old this is, and eventually Driver became the guy. I'll watch anything Mann does.

 

[Alex...]

 

[Bartman]

I hope there's the restaurant scene where Lamborghini confronts Ferrari about the problems with the Ferrari car he's just purchased? It caused Lamborghini to go from being a successful agricultural vehicle (tractor) manufacturer to sports cars!

 

[YANG]

erm... isn't that told in last year's production from LionsGate?
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[Bartman]

erm... isn't that told in last year's production from LionsGate?
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Maybe, I didn't see Lamborghini. I'll wait for Ferrari.

 

[Keith Cobby]

Enjoyed the trailer but am concerned about how much green screen and CGI there will be.

 

[YANG]

Michael Mann is pretty much a practical effects person... so my guess, the CGI content would probably as high as 25%?

 

[Alex...]

74% on RT via Venice Film Fest Premiere.

 

[benbess]

A positive review from the Hollywood Reporter. An almost rave review from Variety.

‘Ferrari’ Review: Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz Bring Passion to Michael Mann’s Turbo-Charged Portrait of the Racecar Impresario

Shailene Woodley and Patrick Dempsey co-star in this study of the auto magnate at a turning point, betting everything on a treacherous 1,000-mile open-road race.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

‘Ferrari’ Review: Adam Driver Plays Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann’s Gripping and Masterful Drama

Mann, working from a superb screenplay by the late Troy Kennedy Martin, stages this story with a masterly intrigue rooted in a lavish authenticity about everything from racing to business to marita…

variety.com

 

[Alex...]

 

[Chuck Mayer]

I saw this just after Christmas Day. Top-notch filmmaking from a master craftsman, well acted, effectively structured, and often potent. It focuses on a very consequential 3 month period in 1957 for Enzo Ferrari and the company. Driver is quite committed, and Cruz is also exceptional playing his partner and wife. As expected, cinematography is stunningly beautiful and the direction is measured, compact, and impactful. At 80, Michael Mann still has it in spades.

The film and lead performance capture the consuming obsession with racing that characterizes motorsports, a throughline that continues to this day. Cruz really delivers in the film as well, full of energy and passion. In what could have been a thankless role if played incorrectly, she makes it absolutely central to the story.

 

[Keith Cobby]

I streamed this today and thoroughly enjoyed it, both Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz were excellent. Michael Mann on top form. An interesting posthumous writing credit for Troy Kennedy Martin, famous as the writer of The Italian Job (1969).