Who won the short game? Who won the long game? Why?īoth men are at extremes from each other, but both learn from being faced to compete. Lauda wins numerous, and was involved in F1 for the rest of his long long life. Do your kids want to be Hunt or Lauda? Hunt wins one championship, retires and dies young. Hunt, seemingly, just accepts it and lets it fuel his 'courage' yet his hollow, drug-fuelled lifestyle clearly shows he is paying costs of another kind. He tries to 'science' his way out of death and pays a price through years of diligence. Lauda's approach is to work, practice, engineer and manage every possible risk that he has control over downwards. How the characters respond, differently, to that risk, gives parents immense topics to talk through. I would rather my teenage children watch Rush fifty times before getting a driver's license, than play Grand Theft Auto and think it's an indication of their skill. Great drivers make mistakes, get horribly hurt, and die. Driving fast might be glamorous but it is inherently dangerous. But we could not realistically establish the terrible risks and consequences of F1 racing (in the 1970s) without seeing the violence it delivers on the characters, nor hearing the swearing bravado they use to mask their fears.ĭeath is around every corner in this film. By this I mean that we could establish James Hunt's playboy life without quite as many vignettes of his bedroom antics. But only the first has (arguably) moments of gratuity in it, relative to the story. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. Finally, it's no secret that racing is all about merchandizing, and many brand names are shown throughout, including Coca-Cola and Marlboro cigarettes. Language is very strong, with uses of "f-k," "a-hole," and "c-t." Hunt sleeps with many women, and some female toplessness is shown (Lauda's girlfriend is also shown topless.) Hunt is also shown drinking to excess, smoking cigarettes, and briefly smoking pot. The movie includes several car crashes, with blood and bones shown, and a very intense sequence in which one character is badly burned. In other words, they aren't anywhere near the squeaky-clean role models parents might be hoping for. It depicts their athletic skill and determination, but it's also about their dark sides: their excesses, dirty tricks, and personal failures. Parents need to know that Rush is a biopic from director Ron Howard about two 1970s Grand Prix champions, James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
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