Ayrton Senna is truly an interesting man and a great subject matter for a documentary. Someone should of told the makers this though as they don't really do all that much and just rely on you being impressed by Senna alone.

There are three important aspects to any documentary: the story itself, the way it is delivered on screen, and the education aspect of the film. The story itself is truly incredible and even if you dont like F1, or do not know the ending, it is poignant, dramatic sad and compelling. The documentary style is well done, and some of the racing shots are truly breath taking, but the nagging problem is that I didnt feel I knew more about Senna the man by the end, which was a little dissappointing.

I know nothing about Formula One, but I think that makes the film more riveting. The twists and turns are completely unexpected, and the in-car cameras put you right in the heat of the action.

It's an achievement when a documentary can keep my attention and make me care about something I normally couldn't care less about (or don't have any knowledge of). Senna is that film as far as formula one (or open wheel) racing goes. Don't go in expecting a biography of a racing legend though, because you won't get it. It's all about Senna the racer, and the politics of racing. Powerful at points, but really could've been much more with the subject matter they had to work with.

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The most interested I've been about car racing of any kind. Senna is to Brazil as Terry Fox is to Canada. A poignant human look at Formula One racing.

Senna is among the most interesting and important characters in sports history. A documentary about him should be amazing. But instead of bringing an interesting style or some new information, it feels like reading a Wikipedia page of his Career instead of watching a documentary. The audience for this must be faithful fans and people that don't know Senna.

There is something about the desire to exceed limits and elevate oneself beyond them that is always fascinating, and conversely the same can be said about catching glimpses of the usually-hidden internal political machinations that mostly tend to counter that desire. But even though this documentary energetically strives to satisfy these twin fascinations, in the end it too closely resembles a fairly conventional piece of sporting hagiography.

There's some interesting footage and it's pretty well made all things considered. But ultimately, I didn't really know much more about Senna then when I started watching it.

part Senna, part Prost, part a glimpse into a heated decade in the F1 world. elongated helicopter shot spoke measures.

One of my favorite documentaries, inspiring and sad.

Poignant documentary that plays out with a sense of grim fatalism - you can't help but hear each of Senna's words weighed down with what you know is coming at the end of the film. You hear his fears, his concerns about safety, his attempts to rationalise the danger, but you know it can only end one way, and you wonder if he knew that too. The editing is great, with the director wisely allowing the pictures to do most of the talking.

It felt a little slow in the middle, but the racing footage was really incredible and Senna is just a really cool dude.

Slightly over-romanticizes an incredible sportsman, but the output is the most heart-wrenching piece of film I've ever watched. As a lifelong Formula 1 lover who was 'just' too young to remember this man's talent, it feels almost fictional.

To finish a race (3 more laps) with only the sixth gear, in heavy rain, and still WIN... NICE !!!

A quite engrossing doc which feels shorter than its 102 minutes. Senna comes across as down-to-earth, charismatic, and later tormented, and his career seems worthy of a feature film. There is no shortage of found footage, and it largely speaks for itself - never does it feel like Kapadia is stretching to convey something beyond what he has the footage for. I don't much care about Formula 1 events or whether the drivers live or die, but this was certainly one of the better docs I've seen.

The first half plays like a satisfying and usual "dream come true" story, but the second half feels more like a court case montage on how events lead up to how they became until the tragedy struck. Very effective and professional use of editing on so little.

Maybe the emotion of it all clouds my judgement but I thought this film was superb. How it dealt with the subject matter, in particular the Imola weekend, was truly special. I may end up ranking this film higher but first viewing brought the memories back to an astonishing degree. Also, as a minor personal note, I would have liked to have seen some footage of his win at Donnington in the rain - the film covers his brilliance in the wet but it's one of the things I remember of Senna.

So compellingly assembled that archive material plays like fiction, where, if the players could read all the signs, tragedy would be avoided.

I wasn't even 10 years old when Ayrton Senna died but I still vividly remember hearing the news on the radio that fatal day in May 1994. There was something out of this world with him - both while alive and in the later years as the legend of today. This documentary fully captures Senna's talent, spirit and - more than anything else - drive. The drive towards perfection, towards victory and towards true sportsmanship that few can equal in today's way too politicized and polished world of sports.

The man, the driver, the legend! Ayrton Senna is one of the lost treasures todays sports misses, which he unintentionally comments on from his grave. Cause today its nothing but politics and a having good image. Senna and many other athletes from back in the good old days werent like that. They spoke there minds and just wanted to be the best. Now its all about the team, your sponsor and other kinds of rubbish. F... that! If youre good at something why not reach for the stars.

It was great to remember this great pilot and great man. Without doubt, he does miss, a lot. The nice thing about this documentary are the scenes of the family files and the FIA, has some really cool scenes.

Utterly compelling and emotive.

It really is astounding how like a film Senna's life was - so of course, this is a gripping documentary. However, it's also incredibly moving - I cried at the ending - and brilliantly edited.

Enjoyable and insightful. I enjoyed the way the documentry only explored Senna's relationship with racing and didn't look at all at his personal relationships.

As a documentary it has some flaws. It's style that focuses on nothing else but Senna (no showing anyone who's talking, always using archive footage etc.) is somewhat interesting and Senna's story is just something else.. Beautiful. But as I said, as a documentary, it struggles a bit.

As a documentary this is a pretty straightforward account of recollections. As for the content and Senna it is nothing less than inspiring.

Amazing Driving, Dancing on the Track, Death of a H ero.

The most interesting was to know more about Ayrton Senna as man, with his sister's testimony on the background explaining about his feelings. I just missed Ayrton's extraordinary performance in Donington Park.

I am not a Formula 1 fan myself and I only knew Senna by name and that he was a very important figure in F1 and he died while racing. So it has been a very enlightening experience for me to get to know what kind of a man he was, what he did, what his motivations were and how he had become a legend.