With some early audience reactions and Kosinski's reputation I went in with high hopes. Maybe not a great start for it, because it's fun, but didn't live up to my expectations. It looks and sounds great and I love Pitt in the role too. But then there it kind of stops, the drama off the track is kind of cringe or weak and though the film is well paced, like I wasn't bored at all either, it's a bit longer than necessary as well. However it makes up for almost everything, when we're on the track. The racing is very well filmed and exciting and again it looks very good, HD and up close. But also there, if to say comparing this to other racing films, Ford v Ferrari, Ferrari and Driven, it doesn't particularly look or feels better than them either.
There's quite a lot of car race strategies and antics in the film which either seem very oversimplified or way out of proportion to what you'd see in the real F1. But I get it, they need to make a film and within that context it works and I also don't mind it. Coming back to the start, the film is largely definitely fun, on the back of Pitt, as the fearless racer and the progression of the races and events in the film. To sum the film up in way, it feels more like very elaborate F1 commercial than a great film experience. It's some parts very enjoyable, some parts forgettable.

B

Entertaining but extremely predictable and cliched...B fits here. No dramatic hook at all, really....Ford vs. Ferarri had much better characters. I had to retrain myself from laughing out loud at the absurdity of the INSANE crash that JP has, followed buy the instant fireball...only for him to come out with a minor burn on his hand

I enjoyed it. It's a pretty safe but enjoyable blockbuster with veey attractive leads and the film overall is well made.

A great time at the movies! Fast cars go vroom vroom! Felt like a vintage summer blockbuster from Bruckheimer. The racing scenes are all exciting and the characters are fun to hang with outside of the cars too.

The one thing I'd change - I wanted more of the excellent Hans Zimmer score and fewer country/pop songs. But I get why they did it that way. Top Gun Maverick cruised on playing classic rock tracks over scenes that showed how old people are better than young people. And that movie made shit tons of money so probably smart (financially) of Joey K to repeat some of the same tricks.

I'll give F1 an 8.5/10 and I wouldn't mind seeing it again on an even bigger and louder screen.

The racing scenes are great. Beyond that it’s a very likable sports action drama, but it doesn’t quite transcend that genre, as it features several tired cliches. It was nice to see Kerry Condon again after The Banshees of Inisherin. Overall the likable cast and action carry it.