VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Steineded How sad is this?

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Isaac Vargas I've seen this documentary 3 times now, and the reason I keep coming back is because it has the ability to stir my emotions, it helps me when I'm feeling down, you just can't help and feel connected with Senna, he's such a charismatic person.

TA Kristof If Ayrton Senna was not a real man Hollywood would have to have invented him. Senna charged up the ranks of Formula One racers, emerging as one of the best in the world in the 1980s. This movie has amazing footage of Senna's races, with scenes of his exciting victories and also film of his crashes. Senna's rivalry and alliance with Alain Prost is also heavily detailed in the film.The documentary also weaves in Senna's personal life. It is fun to watch Senna go from young racer to a worldwide celebrity, dating models and appearing on TV shows, even if that complicates his Catholic faith.If you know Senna's story you know how it ends, with him dying in competition and possibly because of mechanical problems with his car. The film does a good job of addressing these issues too but leaves it to the viewer to make up his or her mind.

Ricardo Lopes It is rare for a documentary to leave the same impact as a movie. An emphasis of reality, good acting and other factors make it more exciting, more appealing ... However when you see this fantastic work of Asif Kapadia with Ayrton Senna as the main star, where images, sounds, speeches and people are pure event, it becomes difficult to make that judgment. In this documentary we vibrate, we learn, we fall in love and even without having seen him racing or hearing about the legend only after his departure, in the same way as his first fans we miss him... the greatest driver the world has ever seen. A work that must be seen and re-seen. Review by Ragnak

Prismark10 When former F1 World champion James Hunt died at the age of 45 in 1993, Senna paid him a handsome tribute. Hunt by that time was better known as a F1 commentator for the BBC. Hunt was also one of the relatively few F1 champions to have died of a natural cause. He might have had a heart attack at the age of 45 but it was not the fate that befell Senna just a year later.Senna commonly raged against F1 politics whether it would be the organisers, administrators or F1 teams themselves. When he moved to Williams he might have hoped for a new start with a team that had maybe the best car in F1 at the time but fate was not so kindThe documentary focuses on Senna's racing career in F1, from his debut in the 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix to his death in an accident at San Marino in 1994. It relies primarily on archive race footage, home video provided by the Senna family, rather than retrospective interviews. The film has no formal commentary.This documentary directed by Asif Kapadia also deals with his battle with great rival (and sometimes team mate) Alain Prost, the wily racer known as the Professor. It was the natural racer against the more methodical, cerebral driver who might even resort to underhand tactics to get on top. But then again in F1 underhand tactics are common whilst racing or behind the scenes such as getting a drive on the best team, living on the edge of the rules regard the setting up of the car and even trumping your team mate.Still despite the great and bitter rivalry, Prost was a pall bearer in Senna's funeral.The documentary gives a good account of an era of motor racing from the mid 80s to the mid 90s and there is some great behind the scenes nuggets of information that people who watch F1 on TV might not had been aware of. If you are not fan of racing this might not be to your liking.