Why so much hype?

It is a performances centric movie

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

If you love cars then I promise you you are going to love Havana Motor Club.This film captures an interesting part of Cuban Culture I had no knowledge about. Havana Motor club's focus is on organizing the first legal car race in the country since the rebellion in 1958.It was beautiful watching this film, seeing what a beautiful country Cuba is, watching these car lovers put together these classic machines with the limited resources they have, and listening to those machines war. Amazing.My favorite part thought was watching the male egos of the drivers (and the driver's overbearing fathers in some cases) gloat over who's car was the best, but I must admit, they had some great cars to be proud of.Absolutely wonderful documentary and an incredible inside look on Cuba.