Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story

Keanu Reeves does an outstanding job putting this together - research, obtaining video, interviewing so many of the people involved - showing that he has as GENUINE interest in F1 and this specific story about Brawn GP.

There's a perfect blending of technical information and the people involved - the human element. The pace, the combination of present-day and video of the time to present the story, is excellent! The makers recognized that there was no need to add or contrive drama.

Brawn is accessible and enjoyable, irrespective of prior exposure to F1, but, for the F1 fan, it's a real joy. It's great to see an F1 documentary that is this respectful of the people - and the viewer - and has the integrity to not embellish.

This documentary predominantly consists of interviews with key individuals arranged in a well-thought-out sequence. It refrains from introducing artificial drama and avoids relying on external experts providing irrelevant commentary. The filmmakers wisely chose to engage with drivers, team personnel, and other significant figures such as Bernie Ecclestone, Christian Horner, Luca di Montezemolo, and many others. Even Felipe Massa makes an appearance, contributing insights into his incident in Hungary. I believe the only non-competitor from that period is Martin Brundle, whose expertise in Formula 1 is unquestionable. Personally, I found the documentary thoroughly enjoyable and informative, gaining new insights into the sport. I hope for more documentaries of this caliber, delving into the intricacies of the sport I love very much.

Overall this is great and is well worth the watch but I felt that Keanu was rather wooden, which I was not expect from someone I had thought of as an F1 fan. You would have thought that a Hollywood A list actor could act with some more enthusiasm. It just felt like he was given the script 30 seconds before filming had started.

Quite a few events that I'd forgotten happened at the time, looking back, I think this was the last time that F1 was truly exciting. Now it they could only look back and replicated this into the modern era that would be fantastic.

So, overall it is worth watching just do not be put off by the wooden performance of Keanu.

As a huge fan who followed JB since he joined F1 and watched the 2009 season including being at the British Grand Prix this was the season in F1 that I have loved the most, The brought that all back. A fantastic documentary with interviews with everyone and what an most excellent host in Mr Reeves, this brought all that memory and drama back.

Even if you know very little about F1 this really is a true underdog story, brilliant.

Even the story about the FOTO breakaway was explored well and the sly behaviour of Bernie and the smartness of the Brawn legal lady was great to see see unfold,

totally recommend.

Hard to find exact words, but can't honestly say I'd change a thing. If Keanu ever gets bored, he certainly has a busy career ahead of him as an investigative journalist and/or reporter; the former crew and F1 staff they pulled into this is exactly who you'd want to hear from; and the race footage and F1 politics discussed truly tell the full story. Just perfect.

If I am forced to nitpick, I at least feel like the documentary was not created to have commercial breaks but most Hulu users will have them (I'm forced to as I have the Verizon package that doesn't let you upgrade). But obviously...talk about nitpicking. Perfect documentary, the entire team and Keanu should seriously discuss doing follow ups, whether they're about F1 or any other topic.