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A Thrilling Pitt Stop: 'F1' Brings the Grand Prix to the Big Screen
- F1 The Movie, directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Brad Pitt as racer Sonny Hayes, had its European premiere in London on June 23, 2025.
- Kosinski developed the film's concept inspired by the Netflix docuseries F1 Drive to Survive, which debuted in 2020 amid initial team reluctance.
- The movie features real drivers and was partly filmed during Grand Prix weekends, with Pitt performing many driving scenes and recently testing a McLaren at Austin.
- Pitt described the experience as "three mph short of 200 mph" and emphasized the physical challenge, while Lewis Hamilton said, "Brad looks like he’s aging backwards."
- The film highlights underdog struggles in F1 with Pitt’s character returning after 30 years to help a struggling team, suggesting renewed interest in the sport and related media.
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F1 is forgettable, but a lot of fun
In a largely patchy summer for blockbusters – the excellent 28 Years Later aside – Joseph Kosinki’s F1 stands out for two distinct reasons. The film has arrived at an interesting time for the sport, which is finding increased popularity in the United States among demographic groups that previously may have ignored it – such as younger women – due to the success of the Netflix show Drive to Survive, accordingly name-checked in the movie. That sho…
Immersed in the pilot's helmet, cooled down in the ice barrel: Brad Pitt, born 1963, gives everything once again for the racing driver film "F1".
‘F1’ is a commercial for Formula 1, for Netflix and for Brad Pitt, who unfolds as a pinup version of himself and races against real drivers. Formula 1 has become an absurdly large cultural phenomenon.
"F1 – the film" was released at the cinema on Wednesday, June 25. Brad Pitt, accompanied by several Formula 1 star drivers, was the lead.
Review: Pulse-pounding ‘F1’ roars along thanks to Brad Pitt, Damson Idris
Predictability often acts like a wrecking ball and utterly destroys moviegoing experiences. But in director Joseph Kosinski’s capable hands a textbook formula makes the engine of “F1 The Movie” purr like a pussycat — most of the time. Bolstered by impeccable editing, heart-palpitating race sequences and a bitter, well-executed rivalry between fallen racing veteran Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) and cocky, social-media-savvy rookie Joshua Pearce (Damson…
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