That combination worked once more this weekend for 20th Century Fox’s racing drama “Ford v Ferrari,” starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale. It opened to an estimated $31 million in domestic ticket sales Friday through Sunday, outpacing expectations. The cast also includes Tracy Letts as Henry Ford II and Jon Bernthal as Lee Iacocca. The movie got a boost from critics going into the weekend — it currently holds a 92 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Scott wrote that “‘Ford v Ferrari’ is no masterpiece, but it is — to invoke a currently simmering debate — real cinema, the kind of solid, satisfying, nonpandering movie that can seem endangered nowadays.”

Source: New York Times November 17, 2019 20:03 UTC