
American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team, and becomes romantically involved with Stoddard's estranged wife.... (Full plot summary below)
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American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team, and becomes romantically involved with Stoddard's estranged wife.
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| The TelegraphAndrew RobertsGrand Prix is possibly the greatest motor racing film of all time. |
| Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreStill dazzling, and the movie Ron Howard's "Rush" is sure to be measured against. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseYes, the driving scenes dazzle, but Frankenheimer also embeds his 1966 Cinerama epic with some interesting commentary about risk-taking professions in general and the Formula One driver in particular. [Blu-ray] |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayWhenever the cars are running, Grand Prix is one of the best studio efforts of the '60s. The film only stalls when it's off the track, which is where more than half of this three-hour epic takes place. |
| IGNTodd GilchristGrand Prix is not just a wonderful 'race movie'; it's a brilliant cinematic achievement, period. |
| Alternate EndingTim BraytonTurns a high-speed death-defying stunt into a collection of beautiful pictures assembled with visceral effectiveness,. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter Chawthis idea that while anything's possible through technology, the debt of that ambition is paid out in blood. |
| The SpectatorPenelope HoustonFrankenheimer can make one feel that there's no more exhilarating place to put a camera than on a Formula One. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullThe story alone is enough to almost make you become interested in auto racing. |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. PuccioDespite its melodramatic glimpses into the drivers' private lives, the racing sequences more than make up for the deficiencies. |