Rush

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Rush

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Released Sep 27, 2013

2h 3m

Drama

Action

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In the mid-1970s, charismatic English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) share an intense rivalry in Formula 1 racing. Driving vehicles that are little more than gas-filled, rolling bombs, Hunt and Lauda burn up the track, all the while pushing themselves to the breaking point of physical and mental endurance. Meanwhile, the women (Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara) in their lives can only watch as both drivers risk death with every lap.

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Critics Consensus

A sleek, slick, well-oiled machine, Rush is a finely crafted sports drama with exhilarating race sequences and strong performances from Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl.

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

Howard creates a persuasive sense of the time and place, and the race sequences are impressively mounted. This is thrillingly tense stuff, even if you know how the story panned out.

Sep 14, 2022

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

While it has its moments of sentimentality, the film as a whole is rather shallow and fails to capture the soul of either man.

Rated: C

Sep 6, 2017

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

This thrilling drama is no more for petrol-heads only than Titanic is solely of interest to historic ship enthusiasts.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 5, 2017

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Rush is the year's biggest surprise that almost feels like it came out of left field. For a sport that is anything but popular in the U.S., Ron Howard captures the thrill of Formula-1.

Aug 12, 2024

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…an excellent two-man biopic from a literate Peter Morgan script…

Rated: 4/5

Aug 10, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Filmed with flash and gusto, “Rush” mixes common sports movie techniques with its more serious dramatic focus.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Julian P

Astonishing casting to get the two leads working together like this and they are wonderfully directed in a great script to produce a real tension and dynaminism. The action is off the charts.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/30/24

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Thomas G

This is one of best racing movies made Great racing tech, however the film presents much more in terms of the contrast of their personalities and professionally racing styles Great acting all around, these 2 guys had great chemistry throughout the film See it

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/08/24

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Dani G

Very nice depiction of a great rivalry, especially one F1 season, with great blend of the sport action, but centered on the drama and the characters, without saturating it to become just a sports movie

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Tom G

A really immersive watch, and follows a very interesting story; cleverly done by Howard in terms of getting us to have mixed emotions about both of the films main characters, with both acting like protagonists and antagonists at throughout the film. Where this film slightly falls short is through its provision of a *slight* exaggeration on the personality and bawdiness of James Hunt, as well as subtly feeling somewhat like a documentary instead of a creative piece of work at times. Other than that, an excellent film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/05/24

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Hash L

She’s no 06 Corolla I tell ya 🏎️good film great bunch of lads. What a James

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/29/24

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Noah g

W movie, i enjoyed it alot as an F1 fan

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/25/24

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Synopsis

In the mid-1970s, charismatic English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) share an intense rivalry in Formula 1 racing. Driving vehicles that are little more than gas-filled, rolling bombs, Hunt and Lauda burn up the track, all the while pushing themselves to the breaking point of physical and mental endurance. Meanwhile, the women (Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara) in their lives can only watch as both drivers risk death with every lap.

Director: Ron Howard
Producer: Andrew Eaton, Eric Fellner, Brian Oliver, Peter Morgan, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
Screenwriter: Peter Morgan
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Revolution, Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films
Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Nudity|Sexual Content|Some Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 27, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 14, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $26.9M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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