One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

So I was looking at the poll for IMDb's best car films and I saw this title. I couldn't believe I hadn't seen it before. It has big actors in it, and it's about fast cars. How could it possibly go wrong?? Basically it goes wrong from the first minute and never goes right again (Oval car racing pun intended. Sorry).The poor acting is made much, much worse by the lousy script. The story is all over the place. But the worst thing is the camera work. The whole film is shot like a CSI Miami montage.Soft Rock/Dance music accompanies every race scene, along with jumping angles and split screens.At least now I know why I missed the film when it was released back in 2001. I just have no idea how it achieved a lofty 4+ stars on IMDb.If you want a proper race film watch Le Mans. Even Herbie Reloaded is better than this pile of poop.This is the first time I've ever rated a film 1/10.

Well I didn't hate this which I expected to after reading multiple scathing reviews. I didn't watch it for the racing aspect though so I didn't have any problems with the "physics" of the driving as others seemed to, that was just noise to me. I viewed this strictly on an entertainment level where it worked just fine, even if the love-triangle/romance aspect did wear a bit thin.The actual race scenes have been filmed in a way that reminded me of 'Any Given Sunday', sort of ADD, flipping back and worth between shots of feet changing gears on pedals, hands on steering wheel, speedometer, giant drops of rain blurring vision, crowd shots, hot babes, the pit crew, the boss crew. Its colourful, frenetic, filled with obligatory crashes and pure entertainment.SS wrote the screenplay and takes a supporting role here as Joe Tanto a washed up former driver who is called back by race team owner Burt Reynolds to coach his current boy wonder Jimmy Bly (Kip Pardue) to the world championship.Bly is slipping in the rankings, cracking under pressure from his ambitious promoter brother and it doesn't help that he's also pursuing an affair with Sophia, the girlfriend of his nemesis, top racer Beau Brandenburg.The story for the most part focuses on relationships in the backdrop of Indy car racing. I found the characters all to be multifaceted and we witness them dealing with their individual struggles. Sly plays a sad-sack sort of guy who everyone picks on and I was very impressed with Gina Gershon as his ex-wife, beautiful but what a b!tch. Burt Reynolds face -wow his plastic surgeon was heavy handed with the scalpel, it's pulled so tight it looks freaky. He does a good job with his character though. 1/26/16

The story, the dialog, the racing, the physics, I am just amazed at how bad this movie is.I am trying to think of any redeeming qualities of this film and the only thing I can come up with is that the people you think will be the bad guys aren't. But it's not any sort of mystery.Unfortunately, it's all about poorly executed story line ... actually, story lines. There are a few of them, and each and every one is poorly done.This movie never should have been made. Reynolds fans, Stallone fans, racing fans and movie fans should all stay away from this one.

I find it astonishing that some people felt this was a good film, close to a good film, something for racing fans or ANYTHING other than utter garbage. As a petrolhead I am embarrassed by films such as this as it paints such a bad image for a sport I love. Herby was more realistic, the effects are dire the acting worse and the entire film should be wiped from history. I know the racers who appeared in it were embarrassed, Stallone should be even more so and thanks to Bernie for not letting this utter tool near F1.This is not motorsport, it's not close. Avoid at all costs or ensure a noose and a chair is at close hand, you'll need them by 15 minutes in!