Brad Pitt F1: The Movie Isn't Just Fast, It Is ‘Breathtaking' And ‘Exhilarating'
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In the sports drama, Brad Pitt plays the role of Sonny Hayes, a New York City-based Formula One driver who left racing following a horrible crash.
Brad Pitt's sports drama, F1 The Movie, is making waves even before its release. With excitement running high among the fans of the actor, the popular movie review site, Rotten Tomatoes, gave it a strong score of 87 per cent on the Tomatometer. This score is expected to go up as more reviews come in. Critics who saw the film, slated to be released on June 27, called it a 'high-octane crowd pleaser."
Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the filmmaker behind Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick, F1 The Movie features some exciting action sequences and dangerous stunts. After the film's screening, New York Post's critic Johnny Oleksinski said, 'The races look real, breathtakingly so, and are edited like a bat out of hell. Most importantly, the viewer fully believes Pitt and Idris are actually driving these cars."
Jake Coyle of the Associated Press wrote, 'A fine-tuned machine of a movie that, in its most riveting racing scenes, approaches a kind of high-speed splendour." Empire Magazine's Sophie Butcher praised the director, saying, 'Joseph Kosinski has done it again. F1 combines unparalleled access, pioneering filmmaking and moving redemption arcs to deliver an exhilarating cinematic experience. What will he attach a camera to next?"
Meanwhile, some also criticised the upcoming Brad Pitt movie, with BBC.com's Nicholas Barber writing, 'While Top Gun: Maverick was a masterpiece that pulled viewers into events in and out of the cockpit, F1 is simply a competently assembled collection of underdog sports-drama clichés. It never convinces you that its protagonists are human beings." Whereas, The Times (UK)'s Kevin Maher said, 'There's an unashamedly 'enthusiastic' cross-promotional quality to the film, like a two-and-a-half-hour Formula 1 commercial, that never quite gels with its hoary central story."
With big names like Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem expansively promoting the film and its early reviews, F1 The Movie is likely to be one of the blockbusters of 2025.
In the sports drama, Pitt plays the role of Sonny Hayes, a New York City-based Formula One driver who left racing following a horrible crash. After his forced retirement from Formula One, he started racing in other disciplines and working as a taxi driver. He is brought back to Formula One by his friend and former teammate, Ruben Cervantes, played by Javier Bardem, to train his team. Sonny is tasked with training a rookie driver, Joshua Pierce, played by Damson Idris. Other than the lead cast, the film will also feature professional F1 drivers like Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, among others.
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