Poster of the film Senna

Senna

Drama Documentary Portuguese


Fascinated by cars since childhood, Brazilian racer Ayrton Senna became a sports legend — until tragedy struck, changing Formula 1 forever.

Cast:Gabriel Leone, Kaya Scodelario, Matt Mella, Patrick Kennedy, Arnaud Viard, Steven Mackintosh, Camila Márdila, Marco Ricca, Susana Ribeiro, Gabriel Louchard, Pâmela Tomé
Director:Vicente Amorim, Julia Rezende
Writer:Gustavo Bragança, Alvaro Campos, Álvaro Mamute, Rafael Spínola, Thais Falcão
Editor:Vicente Kubrusly
Camera:Azul Serra, Kauê Zilli

Guild Reviews

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Spectacularly silly, Netflix’s big-budget mini-series is the cinematic equivalent of a flat tyre

Fox in morning light

Rohan Naahar | Independent Film Critic

Thu, December 19 2024

Expensive-looking but shoddily written, Netflix's biographical drama about Ayrton Senna is among the streamer's most disappointing shows of the year.

If nobody were to speak in the new Netflix show Senna, it would immediately warrant at least two extra stars. But each time any of its wafer-thin characters opens their mouths, you’re likely to be overcome by an intense desire to pump the breaks and make a pit stop, or perhaps rewatch Asif Kapadia’s seminal documentary on the subject. Based on the life and career of the legendary Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna, the six-part biographical drama is flat, uninteresting, and most criminally, boring. It is perhaps the least effective way in which his extraordinary career, and lasting influence, could’ve been commemorated.

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