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Rush (2013)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 192
Fresh: 169 | Rotten: 23

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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Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 3

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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Two-time Academy Award (R) winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon) teams once again with two-time Academy Award (R)-nominated writer Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen) on Rush, a spectacular big-screen re-creation of the merciless and legendary 1970s Formula 1 rivalry between gifted English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth of The Avengers, Thor) and his disciplined Austrian opponent, Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl of Inglourious Basterds, The Bourne Ultimatum). (c) Official Site

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All Critics (192) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (169) | Rotten (23)

If you don't already know the story of that season, lucky you; even now, it exerts a ridiculous thrill.

September 30, 2013 Full Review Source: New Yorker
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
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Rush is an outsize Hollywood spectacle about two outsize personalities in conflict, a sleekly assembled thrill machine that makes up in excitement for what it lacks in nuance.

September 29, 2013 Full Review Source: Slate
Dana Stevens
Slate
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Rush is not a particularly deep film. But more importantly, it is not a film that mistakes itself for deep. And this self-knowledge makes Rush, in some ways, a wiser film than many that aspire to loftier goals.

September 27, 2013 Full Review Source: The Atlantic
Christopher Orr
The Atlantic
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This is a deeply adult drama, not least because Howard shows the costs of being so driven in a sport in which a driver is encased in a potential fireball.

September 27, 2013 Full Review Source: Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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One thing's for sure with this film: You carry the "Rush" out of the theater.

September 27, 2013 Full Review Source: Detroit News
Tom Long
Detroit News
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Rush has an elemental simplicity about it. Two men in competition, driven (so to speak) to win. They are enemies. But they need each other, too, and as they roll around at 170 m.p.h., they come to understand why.

September 27, 2013 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Really snappy entertainment, and the great art of making slick entertainment for adult audiences has been too long forgotten.

October 14, 2013 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

Rush will find your inner petrol head as you're faced with the reality that there's a knife's edge between death and glory.

October 13, 2013 Full Review Source: 2UE That Movie Show
Blake Howard
2UE That Movie Show

With fine performances, extraordinary evocations of key races, a sweaty '70s feel and a celebratory aspect as we fondly remember two diehard nutters, this isn't called Rush for nothing.

October 9, 2013 Full Review Source: Rip It Up
David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
Rip It Up

Hemsworth and Brühl make Hunt and Lauda into memorable figures, and it is telling that, by the end, I genuinely wanted them to like each other, but still appreciated the fact that they maintained their air of mutual animosity.

October 9, 2013 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

A fine tale about two men intrinsically linked by opposition who agitated each other into the history books

October 8, 2013 Full Review Source: The Popcorn Junkie
Cameron Williams
The Popcorn Junkie

Good racing movie but with Ron Howard directing I expected more.

October 7, 2013 Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

Rush has set the bar remarkably high for any filmmaker who dares to attempt a movie about formula one in the future.

October 6, 2013 Full Review Source: The Standard
Matt Neal
The Standard Source: The Standard

The best biopics make the viewer understand why the subject is important to them, even if it's not. They find a universality in the topic that sucks you in. Rush never does that.

October 4, 2013 Full Review Source: Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

Without a doubt, one of the most overrated films of 2013.

October 3, 2013 Full Review Source: Tucson Weekly
Bob Grimm
Tucson Weekly

Ron Howard and Peter Morgan are a pair to draw to - and 'Rush' deserves to draw an audience.

October 3, 2013 Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

... An incisive character study cloaked in a thrilling, adrenaline-fueled sports picture.

October 3, 2013 Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

In most films about car racing, the story seems to be neglected, an afterthought. Not so in this excellent drama about the rivalry between two great race car drivers.

October 3, 2013 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Ron Howard, working with Danny Boyle's favored cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, has made perhaps his most visually arresting work in three decades behind the camera.

October 3, 2013 Full Review Source: Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Corey Hall
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Rush provides an exciting sporting spectacle but more importantly, it makes a few thought-provoking observations about the value of a great rivalry.

October 2, 2013 Full Review Source: ABC Radio Brisbane
Matthew Toomey
ABC Radio Brisbane

The dramatic events of the 1976 Formula One Championship are played out as superficial rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

October 2, 2013 Full Review Source: Screenwize
Simon Weaving
Screenwize

Ron Howard adds another winner to his resume with this hip, cool-running crowd pleaser that's also a terrifically made movie all-around.

October 2, 2013 Full Review Source: American Profile
Neil Pond
American Profile

An overrated racing picture that literally goes nowhere fast.

October 2, 2013 Full Review Source: Film Threat
Rick Kisonak
Film Threat

Works reasonably well in its Hollywoodized way.

October 2, 2013 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Lacks an emotional punch, but the racing scenes are exceptionally well-filmed.

October 1, 2013 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

With Rush, Howard has not only made one of his best films but has also proven that the combination of car racing and movie need not be a lemon.

October 1, 2013 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews
Matthew Pejkovic
Matt's Movie Reviews
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Audience Reviews for Rush

Formula One (or should that be Top Gun) meets "Four Weddings and a Funeral" in what, from my knowledge of the era, is a remarkably accurate account of the James Hunt / Niki Lauda rivalry that culminated during the 1976 season. The actors' performances were spot on and most of the memorable aspects were included. Though I'd like to have seen Hesketh Racing's first win covered better, perhaps I just have to wait for the director's cut DVD.
October 16, 2013
RossCollinsUK
Ross Collins

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Bolstered by two terrific lead performances and absolutely electric auto racing sequences, "Rush" is a phenomenal film that honors it's two focal sporting legends in an uncommonly gripping drama. As great as Hemsworth is here, it's really Bruhl's film... but the screenplay is strong and smart enough to have us rooting for both men at every turn. It made me care about Formula One racing; credit in no little part to the most credible and coherent on-track action ever committed to film. This is not only one of the great films of the year, but one of Ron Howard's best as well. A true testament to what a biopic can and should be.
October 15, 2013
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Rush Quotes

    1. James Hunt: Now why don't you go back to your wife and ask her what she thinks of your appearance! Prick!
    – Submitted by James J (2 days ago)
    1. James Hunt: You know Nikki every once and a while it does help if people like you.
    – Submitted by James J (2 days ago)
    1. Niki Lauda: Rules are rules.
    2. James Hunt: Yes and rats are rats.
    – Submitted by James J (2 days ago)
    1. Niki Lauda: Happiness is your biggest enemy. It weakens you. Puts doubts in your mind. Suddenly you have something to lose!
    – Submitted by Keshav H (21 days ago)
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Discussion Forum

Topic Last Post Replies
Destined to be a classic 10 days ago 48
Looks great 6 days ago 35
Early Award Predictions 5 days ago 19
Daniel Bruhl deserves an Oscar nomination 2 days ago 10
Taking bets on which attention whore... I mean critic will break the streak 19 days ago 7
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