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.

| Aug 12, 2024

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

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 10, 2023

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.

| Sep 14, 2022

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

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 25, 2022

The filmmaking lacks the adrenaline rush suggested by the title.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 22, 2022

The 1970s really have been happy days for Ron Howard.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 21, 2022

A film that never eases up on the entertainment value.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 1, 2021

Ron Howard directs a high octane, in your face film about two racers at the height of the Formula One racing era. Hemsworth and Bruhl give the performances of their career

| Mar 11, 2021

...make no mistake about it, this is a Ron Howard film in every single way that counts. It's unapologetically upfront about its character motivations and conflicts...

| Feb 24, 2021

Rush is more than Rocky on four wheels, it's an exhilarating, stylish film with pedal-to-the-metal verve.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 31, 2021

An exceptional story that transcends mere thrill-seeking arenas, fast cars, beautiful women, and close calls.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 4, 2020

Hemsworth's performance is as stylish and attractive as was Hunt himself.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 21, 2020

Rush is not only one of the best racing films ever made, it is also a fantastic human story.

| Jul 14, 2020

A terrific Formula 1 entertainment that works like an obfuscation tale between two characters, as we witness the dangers in each of the frantic races. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 25, 2020

Rush goes about its business like Hunt and Lauda themselves: briskly and bluntly. Great racing sequences throughout, too.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 17, 2020

...something of a mixed bag. The film trundles along, weaving all over the road before finally getting into gear and trying to make up lost distance in the home straight.

| Feb 13, 2020

[A]n adrenaline-fuelled film, which is also tense and inspirational at the same time.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 21, 2019

It's a simple formula, just not a good one.

| Original Score: 2.6/5 | Nov 20, 2019

Rush is complete unto itself: A gripping beginning, a compelling middle, an electrifying ending. And it's a movie that deserves to find the audience now that raced away the first time.

| Nov 18, 2019

It's bland and unmemorable where it should be fresh and exhilarating, and despite some fine period design and nifty cinematography.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 9, 2019