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F1 Movie Review
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Jun 23, 2025
Brad Pitt’s ‘F1: The Movie’ Review: A High-Speed Spectacle That Shines More in Style Than Substance After soaring to box office heights with Top Gun: Maverick, director Joseph Kosinski trades fighter jets for Formula One cars in F1: The Movie—a sleek, high-octane sports drama starring Brad Pitt. #movie #review #f1
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hey everyone welcome back to Screen Time
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Breakdown the podcast where we go full
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throttle into the biggest movie releases
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one spoiler-free review at a time i'm
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your host and today we're diving helmet
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first into the high-speed world of
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Formula 1 or at least the Hollywood
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version of it yep we're talking about F1
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the brand new racing drama starring Brad
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Pitt directed by Joseph Kosinski and
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backed by the same adrenaline pumping
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team that gave us Top Gun Maverick so
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does F1 cross the finish line in style
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or does it spin out in the final lap
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buckle up let's break it down all right
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so here's the setup brad Pitt plays
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Sunny Hayes a former F1 prodigy who's
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been out of the racing game for decades
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after a nasty crash ruined his career
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these days he's kind of a drifting nomad
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driving cabs entering local races living
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in a camper van and gambling his way
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through life that is until his old
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friend Reuben played by Javier Bardm
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ropes him back into the F1 scene
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reuben's team APX is struggling at the
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bottom of the rankings they need a
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miracle so naturally they turn to Sunny
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the washed up legend and just like that
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we're off to the races let's talk about
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what F1 gets absolutely right the racing
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scenes director Joseph Kasinski knows
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how to film high-speed vehicles and with
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cinematographer Claudio Miranda behind
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the lens every race feels intense
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immersive and honestly kind of beautiful
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from the iconic Silverstone Circuit to
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other Grand Prix destinations the movie
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looks incredible they used real tracks
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real F1 teams and with Lewis Hamilton on
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board as an executive producer the
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authenticity is top tier this is not
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Fast and Furious it's much closer to
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Rush or Ford v Ferrari sleek precise and
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reverent and Han Zimmer once again he
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delivers an electric score that blends
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synth with stadium rock energy you'll
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feel every gear shift and tire squeal in
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your bones but here's where F1 hits the
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brakes a little bit the story it's fine
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if you've seen an underdog sports movie
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you already know the arc the team's in
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trouble the grizzled veteran shows up
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the rookie has an attitude they butt
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heads and eventually you get it there's
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nothing wrong with that formula but F1
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sticks so tightly to it that you can see
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every turn coming from miles away and
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speaking of characters Sunonny Hayes is
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just too perfect he walks into
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Silverstone looking like he stepped off
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a fashion runway calm as ever cracks a
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few jokes and suddenly he's a tactical
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genius inspiring leader and even a
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low-key car designer no demons no doubts
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he's basically racing Batman that lack
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of vulnerability really hurts the
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emotional core of the movie you're never
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truly worried about him he's just cool
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and while Brad Pitt does charisma better
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than almost anyone there's only so much
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he can do with a script that doesn't
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challenge him now to the supporting cast
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carrie Condan who you might remember
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from the Banshees of In Sharon plays
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Kate the technical director of Apx and
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Sunny's love interest she brings a
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grounded natural energy to the role and
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actually has one of the more believable
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relationships in the film damson Idris
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playing rookie driver Noah Pierce starts
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off as the cocky kid with a chip on his
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shoulder he's solid and his arc of
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slowly respecting Sunny plays out
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predictably but it's acted well the
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problem is his character feels more like
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a vehicle for a lesson than a real
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person and we've got to talk about the
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dialogue let's just say it won't be
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winning any writing awards you've got
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lines like "This is not where you want
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to be last place." And reporters
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explaining the race like we've never
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seen a car before the exposition is laid
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on thick which suggests the filmmakers
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didn't totally trust us to keep up but
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here's the thing f1 isn't a disaster not
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even close visually it's stunning the
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races are thrilling the soundtrack is
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killer and if you're a Formula 1 fan
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you'll probably love the insider detail
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and reverence the movie gives the sport
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but if you're looking for a deeper story
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a more complex character study or even
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just some unexpected twists you won't
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find much of that here f1 plays it safe
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it's more a highlight reel than a
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gripping narrative so final verdict f1
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gets three out of four stars from me
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it's a polished ride fast flashy and fun
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but it never quite breaks out of the
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sports movie template think of it like a
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very well-produced pre-season exhibition
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match exciting in the moment but not
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especially memorable f1 hits UK cinemas
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on June 25th and lands in the US on June
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27th it's rated PG-13 for some strong
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language and racing action and it runs 2
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hours and 36 minutes that's all for
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today's episode of Screen Time Breakdown
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if you've seen F1 let me know your
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thoughts was it worth the ride or did it
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stall for you too until next time keep
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your engines running and your popcorn
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