Ferrari (2023) review

Self-professed "control freak" Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver), who owns a car manufacturing company with his wife Laura (Penélope Cruz), is still in mourning over the tragic loss of his son Dino (to Duchenne muscular dystrophy), trying to keep his second family with Lina (Shailene Woodley) a secret from Laura and he keeps losing drivers in accidents ... but believes winning endurance race Mille Miglia would help his sell more automobiles since he's having financial difficulties.  Although it leans just a little too heavily on frazzled Cruz to be hopelessly distraught and enraged with jealousy at all times for some classic familial dysfunction (she even fires a warning shot at Enzo), I think it's a fine showcase for Driver, who carries the movie as the enigmatic titan and whose single-minded obsession with being "the best" unfortunately clouds his judgment in other areas of his life: notice how, during a photo session, he brings actress Linda Christian (Sarah Gadon), girlfriend of ill-fated Alfonso de Portago (Gabriel Leone), closer to him so she doesn't cover up the vehicle's logo.  At a press conference in Poland, someone in the audience told Driver he thought the crash scenes looked "cheesy" (which Adam angrily dismissed): if there's anything 80-year-old Mann is adept at, it's staging a tense chase sequence.