Ford v Ferrari officially debuted about two weeks ago with great critical success. Unfortunately, overhyped sequels are debuting or are soon to debut. If you need to get away, watch this movie instead. But in order to convince you, there will be spoilers.
Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts) is pissed. Slow sales will do that. He welcomes any ground-shaking idea to inject some life into the Ford Motor Co. Lee Iacocca (John Bernthal) has one: bring European flair into the company. It’s what the kids like. All they have to do is buy a struggling Italian icon of speed and cool: Ferrari. Everything was going smoothly… until word got out to the Agnelli family, owners of Fiat. They quickly give Enzo Ferrari (Remo Girone) an even better offer. What sealed the deal in favor of Fiat wasn’t just the money, it was that Ford would ultimately make important decisions on the Ferrari racing program, the department where Enzo’s heart and soul resided. No wonder he dismissed the Ford crew with some choice words…
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