Andy Marriott

Utter tripe. More holes in the plot than are found in Blackburn, Lancashire.

First series is excellent and funny, worth 5 stars. The second series, however, falls off a cliff and is over-complicated and unsatisfying. The final episode in particular, trying to pull the various plot lines together, feels very rushed and confusing. A shame.

Lacking in detail and emotional impact. Unless you knew about the skiing accident you would be pretty clueless as to what actually happened. The vague, mysterious comments by his wife just added to the confusion about what state Schumacher is now in. It felt cold and superficial. Perhaps that is what Schumacher actually is: cold and superficial. The home videos of their family life didn’t change my mind about him; he was pretty much universally despised at the time, except by the Germans and- when he won - by the Tifosi. This was rather avoided in what had the feel of a family-endorsed film. A weak documentary.

What a disappointment. I’d looked forward to seeing this for over a year, but found it tedious, unengaging and curiously cold. We know the story, and this didn’t do it justice, either from a factual or human viewpoint.