Rush

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.

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

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

Rush is pure 'print the myth' stuff -- but since both its heroes really are myths, it gets away with it, with more grace and vigor than you might expect.

An entertaining movie with two solid performances that only occasionally stalls because of its sometimes heavy-handed treatment of Hunt and Lauda's differences.

Considering the subject matter, Rush delivers the expected visceral jolts; what's surprising is how endearing it is, even when its two protagonists are behaving like little more than boys with very fast toys.

it works as a friendship rivalry story more than as a racing movie

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.

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

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