The Joseph Kosinski-directed movie, starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris, speeds into theaters June 27. Following the New York premiere of F1: The Movie on Monday evening, the first reviews of the film ...

F1 centres on Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a former Formula One prodigy whose career was cut short by a brutal accident. He has since spent the past 30 years working as a racer-for-hire across the U.S.

A true racing spectacle, “F1: The Movie” runs a victory lap. It’s a great sports movie, with heart-pumping action, superb performances and fascinating characters.

On the track, F1: The Movie is an absolute winner. When we’re not focused on the racing is when a few bumps in the road come up. And it’s not that the story or the all-star cast led by Brad ...

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“F1” is breathless and occasionally breathtaking, if a bit overlong. But as mindless summer-movie action goes, it gets the job done nicely, writes Moira Macdonald.

Brad Pitt is a hotshot veteran who teaches everyone to be just like him in a superficial, self-important racing drama The post ‘F1 The Movie’ Review: Brad Pitt and Joseph Kosinski Make Formula ...

F1 the Movie swaps Tom Cruise with Brad Pitt as a talented-but-washed up lead (who is always right about everything, of course), and replaces fighter jets with Formula One racers.

It also stars Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies and Kim Bodnia. Read on for key excerpts from some of the most prominent early reviews following the New York premiere of F1: The Movie.