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Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend Reviews

Functional at best, Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend merely ticks off plot points rather than crafts them with the film falling flat in the process.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 15, 2023

It is inevitable that viewers will compare this film with James Mangold’s Ford vs. Ferrari, and the truth must be told: 'Lamborghini' is no match for this one.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 14, 2023

There are more scenes about the man behind the legend trying to keep his marriage intact than ones about him trying to piece the actual car together.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 12, 2022

The period details are above par and Grillo is up for the challenge, but “Lamborghini” comes out as perfunctory and unenlightening as a school report from a bored teen.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 8, 2022

...a frustratingly bare-bones biopic that never gets out of neutral.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 29, 2022

Fortunately, the film is only 97 minutes long. But even this grace note comes at a cost to the viewer. The end of the story comes out of nowhere, as if the filmmakers ran out of money and stopped shooting before they were really done.

Full Review | Original Score: D | Nov 26, 2022

A movie that squanders the charisma and energy of Frank Grillo because he’s literally only in half of the movie.

Full Review | Nov 23, 2022

This biopic is a lemon.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Nov 23, 2022

Lamborghini never picks up much dramatic speed and remains stuck in neut- OK, enough of the hacky metaphors. No derisive comments about how the movie grinds its gears or blows a tire or snaps the key off in the ignition rendering it immobile.

Full Review | Nov 22, 2022

‘…a stripped down but appropriately stylish and personal tribute to a man whose passion for cars changed the way we drive,’

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2022

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend is a straightforward telling of a life and missing the personal nuances that could make his story worthy of the cinematic touch.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 18, 2022

Stuck in neutral, this lackluster biopic of the creator of the iconic luxury sportscar brand is too flat and unfocused to get revved up about.

Full Review | Nov 18, 2022

The only part of the movie that matches the coolness of a Lamborghini car are the vintage cars themselves, which are the definition of elegance both inside and out. I wish I could say the same about this barely-there film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 18, 2022

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend barely scratches the surface...

A pamphletized biopic that does the easy thing — beautifying Italy and vintage automobiles — but stalls with everything involving humans.

Full Review | Nov 16, 2022

Despite a game performance by star Frank Grillo, never gets out of neutral and tells the least interesting version of Lamborghini’s story possible.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 16, 2022

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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend’ on VOD, an Automotive Biopic Starring Grillo as Lambo

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This week in Why Bother With the Damn Accents Theater is Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (now available to rent or own on VOD services like Amazon Prime ), more affectionately known as GRILLO PLAYS LAMBO , since the famous Italian carmaker’s (probably famous Italian) shoes are filled by none other than ever-lovin’ action guy Frank Grillo. He replaced Antonio Banderas in the lead role, and Gabriel Byrne shows up for a few scenes as Enzo Ferrari, replacing Alec Baldwin. Part of the story is the kinda-rivalry between the rich car guys, and part of the story is how Lambo drove away all his loved ones, not in fast, sexy sports cars, but on the winds of his assholishness, which was fueled not by gasoline but his intense desire to create the most bee-yoo-tiful cars ever seen by man, god or beast. Now let’s see if this biopic sticks.

LAMBORGHINI: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

The Gist: GRAPES. Are they sour? Who knows! But they’re on a farm owned by Ferruccio Lamborghini (Grillo), who appears to be a lonely old man in a gigantic house. Now it’s nighttime, and he revs a succulent baby-blue Lamborghini Countach alongside Enzo Ferrari (Byrne) in one of his Ferrari whatevers. It’s red, like they always are, which makes the blue Lambo that much more delicioso . Screech, they take off, and then – CUT TO: the 1940s. World War II is over and young Ferruccio (Romano Reggiani) and fellow soldier buddy Matteo (Matteo Leoni) hop off the bus in their fatigues. Ferruccio immediately proposes to Clelia (Hannah van der Westhuysen) then heads home to his father (Fortunato Cerlino) the farmer. They’re picking cabbages when Ferruccio, a mechanic in the army, declares his desire to design tractors and build race cars. “You’re a farmer ,” his father replies. “You throw your life away.”

See, Ferruccio wants to be all-caps GREAT. Not just some guy farting around in the dirt with cabbages. So he and Matteo build a race car hoping to raise money and they lose, and then Ferruccio’s dad mortgages the farm so he can start a business, and then Ferruccio argues with Clelia, and then she’s pregnant, and then we get through several “and then”s before half the movie’s over and Grillo’s only been in the midnight-drag-race scenes we keep cutting back to. Will he ever pass Enzo in his f—ing Ferrari?

Anyway, young Ferruccio deals with a terrible tragedy and there’s sadness all around, sadness for everyone. Finally, it’s 1963, and at last there’s Grillo, so I’m going to call his character Lambo now. He’s married to Annita (oh hi, Mira Sorvino!), and his son is a teenager, and he’s made a fortune building efficient, affordable tractors and heating and cooling stuff. Units? Yeah, probably. Units. And everyone has terrible Italian accents, terrible Italian accents for everyone! They come, they go, they sometimes sound like Bronx accents, and Byrne, he doesn’t even seem to be really trying. He’s barely there at all, to be honest! We keep seeing him in his red car, outrunning Lambo’s blue car, and then Enzo meets Lambo, and he insults our protagonist, which really burns his ass. Burns it! And now Lambo will build the most bee-yoo-tiful car ever, and rub it in Ferrari’s face, even if it costs our guy his friends, his family, everything. You might say Lambo is (pause for dramatic effect) driven .

What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: Ford vs. Ferrari more than filled the need for movies with dialogue about four-barrel carb thingamajigs and flywheel pinvalves, for a few years at least. Otherwise, deposit Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend alongside Tucker: The Man and His Dream in the generically-titled-biopics-of-carmakers file.

Performance Worth Watching: I like Grillo. He’s fine as Lambo, even though he’s hamstrung by this screenplay. Go watch his rock-solid Netflix B-movies Point Blank and Wheelman to see him at his badass best.

Memorable Dialogue: Ferrari fuels Lambo’s fire: “Go back to your tractors, farmer.”

Sex and Skin: None, although some of y’all no doubt will be turned on by close-ups of a lovely yellow Miura.

Our Take: Lambo’s desire fuels the rivalry and the rivalry fuels the desire, so round and round it goes, like, I dunno, a round thing on a car, maybe the round thing that touches the road and there are four of the round things, and if you happen to be among his loved ones, you’ll get run over, and the round things will leave marks on you. Too bad Lamborghini never picks up much dramatic speed and remains stuck in neut- OK, enough of the hacky metaphors. No derisive comments about how the movie grinds its gears or blows a tire or snaps the key off in the ignition rendering it immobile. I’m done with that shit.

But what we have here is the answer you don’t want in reply to this question: Is the movie more interesting than the Wikipedia entry about the subject? The screenplay gracelessly hodgepodges from one moment to the next – Lambo meets Ferrari, Lambo wants more more more from his engineers, Lambo fights with his wife, Lambo is a crappy absentee father – as Lambo’s inner conflict simmers and his rivalry with Ferrari fizzles and the cast is saddled with boilerplate declarative dialogue like “Either you’re a carmaker or a dreamer, Ferruccio,” or “It’s perfection I’m after.” The seams of a shoestring production are everywhere, in the choppy, thrill-deprived racing sequences, Byrne’s noncommittal performance, and the final act, which reaches a hasty conclusion and feels as if several scenes are outright missing. This movie shouldn’t have been taken out of the garage. (Damn it.)

Our Call: GRILLO AS LAMBO is a disappointment. SKIP IT.

John Serba is a freelance writer and film critic based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Read more of his work at johnserbaatlarge.com .

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Car biopic has dangerous driving, traumatic birth, language.

Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend is a biopic based on the early life of the Italian creator of the luxury vehicles brand. Ferruccio Lamborghini -- played by Frank Grillo and Romano Reggiani playing the younger version -- shows perseverance as he attempts to make his dream a…

Why Age 14+?

Infrequent language includes "f--k," "f---ing," "piss off," "bloody," and "pr--k

The entire movie showcases the Lamborghini brand. Ferrari cars also feature prom

Some risky driving and dangerous road races. Characters' faces are bloody after

Couples kiss infrequently. A young character is smitten with another. A characte

The main character frequently smokes cigarettes. Characters drink wine with a me

Any Positive Content?

Ferruccio Lamborghini returns from World War II ambitious and innovative. He is

Perseverance is key to success. But in this case it comes at the expense of frie

Women in the movie only exist for the men to either fawn over or to nag them. Oc

Parents need to know that Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend is a biopic based on the early life of the Italian creator of the luxury vehicles brand. Ferruccio Lamborghini -- played by Frank Grillo and Romano Reggiani playing the younger version -- shows perseverance as he attempts to make his dream a reality. However, his obsession to succeed also leads him to betray those close to him as well as making enemies, including rival Enzo Ferrari ( Gabriel Byrne ) and his family. The movie shows dangerous driving without seatbelts and after a crash, two men have blood on their faces. In a graphic and poorly-handled scene, a woman dies during childbirth and a lot of blood is shown gushing out of her. Language is infrequent but strong and includes "f--k" and "pr--k." Ferruccio frequently smokes cigarettes and alcohol is occasionally drunk. Women are poorly represented and restricted to either entirely doting on their partners or nagging them.

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Infrequent language includes "f--k," "f---ing," "piss off," "bloody," and "pr--k."

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The entire movie showcases the Lamborghini brand. Ferrari cars also feature prominently as part of the two company's rivalry. Other featured logos include Dunlop.

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Some risky driving and dangerous road races. Characters' faces are bloody after a crash. A huge amount of blood is shown during a troubled childbirth. Spoiler: The baby survives but the mother dies. Character breaks items in a rage. A character slaps another's face when they feel betrayed. Bullfighting photographs are shown.

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Couples kiss infrequently. A young character is smitten with another. A character cheats on their spouse. Talk of losing virginity. A drawing of a bull mounting a horse is seen.

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Positive Role Models

Ferruccio Lamborghini returns from World War II ambitious and innovative. He is initially kind and encouraging to his friend Matteo but eventually betrays him. He cheats on his second wife and becomes out of touch with his workers and his family. Matteo is Ferruccio's shy business partner and friend. He supports Ferruccio's dream but leaves when he feels betrayed. Antonio Lamborghini is Ferruccio's farmer father. He doubts his son's ambitions but still supports him. Clelia, Ferruccio's wife, encourages him and supports him.

Positive Messages

Perseverance is key to success. But in this case it comes at the expense of friends and family who are betrayed and cheated on.

Diverse Representations

Women in the movie only exist for the men to either fawn over or to nag them. Occasionally female characters correctly question the selfish behavior of the male main character. Italian characters are played by an international cast and speak English with accents of varying accuracy.

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What's the Story?

In LAMBORGHINI: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND, Ferruccio Lamborghini ( Frank Grillo / Romano Reggiani) returns from the World War II with a dream of revolutionizing the tractor industry. Yet what he ends up creating is a luxury sports car brand. But with friends and family left by the wayside, greatness comes at a cost.

Is It Any Good?

Even classic car fans will struggle to find something to enjoy in this recount of how a WWII veteran set out to corner the tractor market and ended up creating a beloved sports car company. Functional at best, Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend merely ticks off plot points rather than crafts them with the film falling flat in the process. Frequent engineering talk happens with no thought for the viewer who wants a good movie rather than a technical lesson. Add to that the dodgy accents and a badly handled, graphic, bloody, and ill-fated childbirth scene that is way beyond the movie's skill level, and the result is a biopic that quickly runs out of gas.

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Movie Details

• In theaters : November 18, 2022
• On DVD or streaming : November 18, 2022
• Cast : Frank Grillo , Mira Sorvino , Gabriel Byrne
• Director : Bobby Moresco
• Inclusion Information : Female actors
• Studio : Lionsgate
• Genre : Drama
• Topics : Cars and Trucks , History
• Run time : 97 minutes
• MPAA rating : R
• MPAA explanation : some language including a sexual reference
• Last updated : May 29, 2024

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Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

Falls short if you are a car enthusiast.

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Not the story anyone wanted to see.

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I wanted to love it

• Nov 17, 2022

Great story knobbled.

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• Nov 19, 2022

Anotheri piece of history completely tivialised and trashed

The cliffsnotes of lamborghini.

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I don't know where to start...

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I've seen The Godfather, and

I really thought it will be a good movie.

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All Success Comes With A Drive.

• Apr 26, 2023

Entertaining but flawed, like Lamborghini

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I can't drive....25!

Bizarrely constructed filmmaking.

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But what is this thing?

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It's just very boring and has no heart! I feel nothing!

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A charging bull on sedatives!!!

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• Jan 16, 2023

Mark this down as a story that still needs to be told.

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Good biography movie..!

• Apr 19, 2023

Fairly Acceptable! But did not match the first impression of the trailer

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Bones without meat

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“The Man Behind the Legend” takes a backseat to gorgeous automobiles and breathtaking Italian vistas in this pamphlet of a biopic

The cars are the stars in “Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend,” a pamphletized biopic that does the easy thing — beautifying Italy and vintage automobiles — but stalls with everything involving humans.

Starring Frank Grillo as the titular engineer and carmaker in middle age, writer-director Bobby Moresco’s admiring portrait is a gauzy, stuffy showroom piece that romanticizes everything from piazzas and vineyards to factory floors and car engines but never gets out of first gear in dramatizing a dreamer’s achievement or — when it came to upsetting the dominance of Ferrari in the auto world — a competitor’s drive.

The latter element is tritely illustrated by the recurring use of an imagined nighttime drag race in which Grillo, behind the wheel of his character’s famous ‘70s Countach design, squares off on a lonely road against Ferrari (Gabriel Byrne) in one of his ‘80s-era models. But no matter how many times Moresco returns to this invented showdown — one car edging past the other, but no, wait, now the other guy’s ahead, just like in the story! — it’s never thrilling or illuminating.

Then again, neither is the only dialogue scene between the two actors, in which we’re primed for a gauntlet-throwing exchange and instead get a listless taunt from our upstart hero about Ferrari’s inferior clutches, followed by the other guy’s brooding exit. This is a rivalry? (One would expect way more from the guy who won an Oscar for co-writing a movie made up entirely of butting-heads situations: “Crash.”)

Before that moment, however, it’s the pretty but flavorless early days in which young Ferruccio (Romano Reggiani), inspired by his mechanical training in World War II, defies his grape-growing farmer dad (Fortunato Cerlino) by going into tractor-building instead of tractor-operating. He partners with his best friend Matteo (Matteo Leoni) and gets support from his adoring wife Clelia (Hannah van der Westhuysen) but loses both — one to tragedy, the other to arrogance.

None of it is especially interesting, however, because Moresco’s dreary dialogue is forever stuck in the declarative (“I have an idea”) or lessons-learned banal (“Things go wrong, no matter your intentions”). It’s the great-man-of-history approach that time and time again has felled biopics; inherently intriguing conflict and character details get lost in a blueprint that prioritizes hitting timeline marks instead of believable human interaction. Here, scenes feel pigeonholed instantaneously by whether the characters are smiling or serious-looking.

When Grillo eventually appears — starting with the chapter prosaically titled “The Golden Years,” set in the early ‘60s — the problem becomes a whispery, pug-like performance that in no way flows from Reggiani’s blandly moody male-model version. With Mira Sorvino relegated to teary, forlorn looks and not much else as neglected second wife Annita, and a miscast Byrne phoning in his cameo as ideal and adversary, that leaves only hope that the creation of Lamborghini’s first iconic touring car, considered one of the most beautiful ever built, will generate excitement.

But again, it’s cardboard drama: Grillo in his hesitant accent demanding things be done faster and better, or drawing on a napkin, or swooning over a lovingly revealed bull-logo name plate design. That’s all well and good for a 30-second commercial about the Lamborghini brand but hardly the stuff that promises “The Man Behind the Legend.” It’s certainly not there in a pair of scenes with his grown son son Tonino (Lorenzo Vigano), one of which is overshadowed by a gorgeous, pristine Lamborghini motorboat.

The cinematography of Gianfilippo Corticelli and Blasco Guirato is serviceably elegant, helping a modest production that wisely takes advantage of Old World locations and era-specific clothing for ambience. It’s not a lived-in-looking period movie, but it’s a postcard-handsome one. The cars do their part, unless they’re in motion, at which point Moresco’s depiction of the thrill of speed — as necessary for these types of movies as anything else — leaves something to be desired.

Being careful not to mar the production’s most valuable props was maybe one consideration. It doesn’t, however, explain the lack of fuel injection with everything else in “Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend.”

“Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend” opens in US theaters and on-demand Nov. 18 via Lionsgate.