
The story of Bruce McLaren, the New Zealander who founded the McLaren Motor Racing team. A man who showed the world that a man of humble beginnings could take on the elite of motor racing and win.... (Full plot summary below)
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The story of Bruce McLaren, the New Zealander who founded the McLaren Motor Racing team. A man who showed the world that a man of humble beginnings could take on the elite of motor racing and win.
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| FILMINK (Australia)Travis JohnsonFor racing fans, McLaren is a no-brainer. |
| 3AWJim SchembriA terrific documentary about a quiet achiever. |
| VODzilla.coMatthew TurnerRoger Donaldson directs this informative, if straightforward documentary on the F1 driver. |
| New Zealand HeraldSteve NewallMcLaren stands as more a celebration than sombre eulogy ... and should hold differing types of appeal to various generations. |
| HeyUGuysLinda MarricTaking a leaf out of Asif Kapadia's award winning documentary Senna (2010), Donaldson offers a comprehensive account of the highs and lows in the man's short, yet fruitful career. |
| The Arts DeskAdam SweetingDonaldson's film captures this lost era of motor racing through a rich selection of archive and home movie footage, though some newly reconstructed scenes and animations would have been better avoided. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsMcLaren is not exactly Senna and certainly not Rush. |
| Observer (UK)Simran HansThe talking heads are framed by captions that at times make the film look like a classy PowerPoint presentation, but its mix of lovely, fuzzy archive footage and pretty reconstructions makes it feel like a kind of docufiction. |
| HeyUGuysJon LyusTaking a leaf out of Asif Kapadia's award winning documentary Senna (2010), Donaldson offers a comprehensive account of the highs and lows in the man's short, yet fruitful career. |
| The AustralianStephen RomeiMcLaren is a fine documentary made by Ballarat-born NZ filmmaker Roger Donaldson. |