The result, chronologically assembled with a minimum of commentary, is surely the most thorough look at the art and passion of auto racing yet made

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With exemplary use of archival footage, director Asif Kapadia expertly contrasts episodes of adrenaline-rush speed...

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The thread of tragedy running through Senna isn’t just due to awareness of how its subject died, as one of two drivers killed in an accident-heavy race that led to reevaluation of F1 safety.

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"Senna" is such a vivid and powerful film about a larger-than-life personality that I hesitate to criticize it

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"Senna" is a documentary with the pace of a thriller, a story of motors and machines that is beyond compelling because of the intensely human story it tells.

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Sports films may often center on great triumphs, of which Senna presents plenty; the best ones, however, are defined just as much by great losses.

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Ambitiously constructed, deeply compelling, thrilling and in no way only for those who like watching cars drive in circles. A worthy paean to a true talent.

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The aura of a life lived in extremis, undergirded by faith, clings to the film.

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Fine documentary about one of auto racing’s greats will please fans and make some new ones.

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Footage from an onboard camera thrillingly places the viewer in Senna's lap, and soberingly includes the accident that claimed his life.

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Senna is a stirring snapshot of a charismatic, immensely talented man driven to be the best, even if the risks of chasing such success were fatal.

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Not surprisingly, a documentary constructed entirely from newsreel footage proves inadequate to the task of sounding the depths of someone as complicated or driven (pun intended) as Senna.

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The film briefly touches on the controversy that arose after the arrival of a new breed of cars equipped with computers to help stabilize them.

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Moreover, it isn't every day that one witnesses, via a camera mounted with the driver, some of the final images in a man's life before he crashes into a wall at enormous speed.

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director Asif Kapadia creates a full picture of a talented driver (rain on a track was a good omen for him) and his humble family, and the country that embraced him at a crucial time in its history.

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Point-of-view footage taken from inside Senna’s car is used throughout the film, but when Mr. Kapadia uses it here it is particularly disturbing.

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