There’s an expression in Formula One racing: “outperforming the car.” It refers to a scenario in which a driver delivers outstanding results despite the questionable pedigree of the vehicle itself. You might apply that maxim to F1, the sports drama that has been nominated for four Oscars including, somewhat bafflingly, best picture — despite receiving perfectly average notices across the board and no buzz for its top-line talent.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Brad Pitt, the film combines a “one last chance" narrative with the kind of high-speed car races that only a (reported) $200 million-plus budget can buy. Pitt, who also co-produces, plays Sonny Hayes, an ex-F1 driver whose career stalled after an on-track accident 30 years ago. He’s given a chance to prove he’s still got it when an old friend (Javier Bardem) invites him to race for his new team. It’s an inoffensive throwback to the kind of sports films that Hollywood used to make on the regular. The expected beats all play out in slick, unsurprising fashion (“visceral but corny,” said our own review) as Sonny gets back behind the wheel and pieces his life together, one lap at a time.
View Green Video on the source websiteSo, the technical nods feel warranted — but best picture? That’s a stretch.
And of all the Oscars for which the film has been nominated, it’s a shame that Hans Zimmer wasn’t acknowledged for his surging score. (Though he did make the 20-strong pre-nomination shortlist, whittled down by members of the Academy’s music branch.) More than anything, it imbues F1 with an undercurrent of tension and excitement that is otherwise lacking from the, well, formulaic story.
Not that the future is ever set when it comes to the Academy. Who knows, maybe the “Drive to Survive effect” has reached as far as Hollywood. Formula One ratings have skyrocketed in the wake of that Netflix show, which takes viewers inside the cockpits and allows us to get to know the racers more intimately than ever before. Could voters, conscious of the Oscar ceremony’s own flagging popularity, be looking to prove they still have their fingers on the pulse by picking F1 as the best film of the year? Will the technical mastery of this rubber-burning Rocky thrust it to gold?
“I’ve always believed that you should never, ever give up,” Michael Schumacher once said. In a world where Crash, Green Book and CODA can win the top prize, maybe underdog F1 has a shot at the podium after all…
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