At almost two hours long one should think that this documentary would be a complete Michael Schumacher biography. And that would be far from the truth. The film seems to dwell on some topics while not even mentioning others.
* Michael's younger years, a not so very well known time of his life, was a very welcome starting chapter. Really well made with a lot of unseen until now footage.
* His Benetton years and the 1994 tribulations were not covered enough. For example there wasn't even a mention on Schumacher being disqualified by a number of races, for the championship to go to the wire. A very significant "detail" in order to understand his mindset for the Hill collision.
* The Ferrari years monopolized the middle part of the documentary, and rightly so, but the level of details provided was not enough to really understand just how tough things got for him. The events after he broke his leg in 1999, again very significant, weren't even mentioned.
I think the best part of the film were the inputs from his family and especially those from his wife Corinna. The focus on his personality not only on track, when he got into his super strict and professional persona, but also off the track away from the lights where he was more relaxed and emotional, in my opinion those were the highlights of the film and, thankfully, there were a lot.
My rating will be a solid 8/10 and i strongly recommend for everyone to watch the film but not take it as a Michael Schumacher complete bio, but rather as an emotional trip on a legends life.
* Michael's younger years, a not so very well known time of his life, was a very welcome starting chapter. Really well made with a lot of unseen until now footage.
* His Benetton years and the 1994 tribulations were not covered enough. For example there wasn't even a mention on Schumacher being disqualified by a number of races, for the championship to go to the wire. A very significant "detail" in order to understand his mindset for the Hill collision.
* The Ferrari years monopolized the middle part of the documentary, and rightly so, but the level of details provided was not enough to really understand just how tough things got for him. The events after he broke his leg in 1999, again very significant, weren't even mentioned.
I think the best part of the film were the inputs from his family and especially those from his wife Corinna. The focus on his personality not only on track, when he got into his super strict and professional persona, but also off the track away from the lights where he was more relaxed and emotional, in my opinion those were the highlights of the film and, thankfully, there were a lot.
My rating will be a solid 8/10 and i strongly recommend for everyone to watch the film but not take it as a Michael Schumacher complete bio, but rather as an emotional trip on a legends life.