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Metascore
47 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TheWrapSasha StoneTheWrapSasha StoneThe chemistry between Bale and Damon is what makes the movie move the way it does, along with the script. Bale alone in the race car figuring out how to win and survive is where the film really sings.
- 91The PlaylistGregory EllwoodThe PlaylistGregory EllwoodFord v Ferrari is the sort of cinematic entertainment that sucks you in and won’t let you go until you cross the finish line.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe film’s lively dynamics owe much to the bristly nature of nearly every relationship and interaction in the film.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattIt’s a movie so well put together as a hero’s tale that it moves along almost too smoothly; the script by brothers Jez and John Henry Butterworth hits its marks of tragedy and triumph with a kind of shiny, measured inevitability.
- 83The Film StageChristopher SchobertThe Film StageChristopher SchobertFord v Ferrari is an easy film to scoff at; there is nothing new here, and there is no debating that fact. Instead, we have a compelling story told in simple, intelligent fashion. It deserves a spot on the list of great racing dramas, and the list of the year’s most entertaining dramas.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeWatching Bale and Damon channel those two speed freaks in all of their surly, testosterone-spitting glory is a reminder of how much fun it was to watch Bale play a similar character opposite Mark Wahlberg in “The Fighter.”
- 63Slant MagazineJake ColeSlant MagazineJake ColeAt a time when the nation continues to weigh the fate of its auto industry, James Mangold’s depiction of the Ford Motor Company facing its first major financial threat transparently plays to nostalgic reveries of the industry’s golden age.
- 60Total FilmMatt MaytumTotal FilmMatt MaytumTwo immensely enjoyable central performances and some of the best race sequences yet filmed fuel an otherwise standard sports movie.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt is crammed with unearned emotional moments and factory-built male characters whose dedication to their sport we are expected to find adorable and heroic by turns.