This movie would have destroyed the career of a lesser star.
While the above critic condemns the story of Grand Prix as "soap opera drivel," at least it isn't pretentious, unintelligible garbage.
Watching this movie is about as much fun as watching toy cars speed around a race track. The first 37 minutes with NO dialogue? Long stares between McQueen and others, shot "European fashinon," that are supposed to be filled with meaning but that are actually bewilderingly boring.
It's not shown on TV for a reason. Other than the auto-race nuts checking in here, there is not, never has been, and never will be a significant audience for a movie that McQueen made when he was well into cocaine.
See "Grand Prix" if you want to see true, documentary-style racing. The scenes are superlative, dramatic, and are not just random scenes of cars racing, and racing, and racing.
If they wanted "Le Mans" to be a documentary, they should have made it as such instead of pretending to be a movie. Anyone who thinks this movie is anywhere near-great has fumes on the brain.
While the above critic condemns the story of Grand Prix as "soap opera drivel," at least it isn't pretentious, unintelligible garbage.
Watching this movie is about as much fun as watching toy cars speed around a race track. The first 37 minutes with NO dialogue? Long stares between McQueen and others, shot "European fashinon," that are supposed to be filled with meaning but that are actually bewilderingly boring.
It's not shown on TV for a reason. Other than the auto-race nuts checking in here, there is not, never has been, and never will be a significant audience for a movie that McQueen made when he was well into cocaine.
See "Grand Prix" if you want to see true, documentary-style racing. The scenes are superlative, dramatic, and are not just random scenes of cars racing, and racing, and racing.
If they wanted "Le Mans" to be a documentary, they should have made it as such instead of pretending to be a movie. Anyone who thinks this movie is anywhere near-great has fumes on the brain.