John DeLorean: Visionário ou vigarista?

I wish this movie had not been an hour and fifty minutes long! The last fifty minutes becomes boring because it is easy for the viewer to see where the story leads.

Plus the dramatic acting adds nothing to the historical facts in this mans life. If you don't know who John DeLorean was this movie may be informative but still this movie is just too long because, as stated above, you can see the sorry end way in advance.

The part of this film that is actual documentary is quite good. There are plenty of interviews with people directly involved in the story, a good deal of archive footage, and some history of DeLorean's career before he founded of his own automobile company.

Then there's the reenactments. They take away from the film as a whole; they're by nature difficult to pull off effectively, and here they feel like they're interrupting an otherwise well done and interesting film. Another issue is the son, and too much of him. He doesn't add much substantial insight, just an overuse of F-bombs and whining.

There's enough good material in this film to keep you watching until the end, but it would have been better as a traditional documentary. Unfortunately the filmmakers used the format they did. It's as if they created an obstacle in the way their own film.

Excellent subject for a documentary, and in the right places, an absorbing film. That said, the reenactments are out of place and just don't mesh with the whole. Here I am, enjoying some unseen archival footage and the film grinds to a halt while the actors break the fourth wall. Alec Baldwin sits in a makeup chair and goes over how he'll play this character in a coming scene. This is actually part of the movie. I have no problem with Baldwin playing the titular character, just make it a full-on biopic.

Still, I have no regrets watching this, and I'd probably do it again. The interviews from everyone involved are worth seeing. Hey, it's an unusual approach to a mythic American drama, that's for sure. But does it work? Ehh . . . .

For some reason they felt the need to insert Alec Baldwin for dramatizations, padding out the story instead of going into any depth it felt like a promo for a movie instead of a documentary.

All the actors, the interviews of people that were there for/before JD's fall, the old footage of previous interviews of JD and his family, put together beautifully. Alec Baldwin is good at his craft. I appreciate his contribution, and his candor. What I don't appreciate is the son of JD. Like one reviewer stated, it's like serving a beautiful omelette, and then pouring a bottle of salt on it.

JD's son Zachary is that bottle of salt. That's what JD's son did to the film. Every other word is an F bomb. Yeah his life sucks, but at this point in time?? 40 years past the incident? His life is his own fault. Everybody's got traumas from childhood that we should be working past, or passed already. Zachary has decided to daily live through his trauma "when my mom got that call, my life changed" Everybody's life changed! And you're not the only one to suffer!

Unbelievable! His interview should have been in edited down to a minute at the most.

4/5.