I agree with the Jean-Paul’s overall rating. As an actual car enthusiast I’d like to out a few things in the movie that are actual history without giving away the whole story.
- The feud between Ford and Ferrari was real and unfolded essentially as portrayed.
- 80s kids will know Lee Iacocca as a Chrysler executive but he did come from FoMoCo. He did push the company to compete in the performance market. The Mustang was essentially his baby.
- I don’t know the reality of Shelby’s relationship with the various people in the movie was, but he was notoriously stubborn and confrontational.
- As far as I can tell the main FoMoCo antagonist, Leo Beebe, is a creation of the movie.
- The storyline of Ken Miles role in developing and driving the car are accurate. This includes the race outcome and his test driving throughout the movie.
- The cars depicted in the race scenes looked period correct to me.
In short, a pretty good portrayal of the facts.