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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceSam WeisbergVillage VoiceSam WeisbergIf Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna's exhilarating documentary, Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans, were merely a testament to McQueen's stubbornness and irascibility, it would still be a damned entertaining portrait.
- 75RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian Tallerico“Le Mans” may not be the film for which McQueen is best-remembered, but the documentary makes a convincing case that it was formative in his life and career, impacting the way he saw family, cinema and the thin line between life and death.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEngrossingly intimate documentary.
- 70Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiThe documentary, far from a glorified making-of featurette, is fittingly cinematic, with spectacularly wide establishing shots and studio-portrait-like testimonials.
- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonUltimately, Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans comes across as a portrait of the artist as a spoiled jerk, albeit a jerk whose charisma cannot be denied, and whose artistic ambitions elicit grudging admiration.
- 60Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganJohn McKenna and Gabriel Clarke have been assiduous in tracking down the participants and their descendants, and deserve recognition for the effort they have put in to raising Le Mans for a new generation of fast car enthusiasts and Hollywood buffs.
- 60The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerIt doesn’t really succeed in conveying McQueen’s great passion for auto racing. In truth, it mostly makes him seem like a jerk — but cinephiles might enjoy it as a case study of moviemaking gone wrong.
- 50Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe film forsakes all ambiguity regarding McQueen's psychology by stubbornly defining him as a determined, charismatic womanizer.
- 40EmpireAngie ErrigoEmpireAngie ErrigoOne comes out of this fragmentary documentary about the King Of Cool’s passion for motor racing liking him much less than one did going in.