F1 the Movie
Shares rank 19 of 24 films by recommenders
Praised for its in-cockpit race footage and good audio, but critics find the dialogue and off-track scenes dull and dislike the Apple Wallet ads promoting it.
Praised for its in-cockpit race footage and good audio, but critics find the dialogue and off-track scenes dull and dislike the Apple Wallet ads promoting it.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Constant ads in Apple Wallet
“Apple customers aren’t thrilled they’re getting an ad from the Apple Wallet app promoting the tech giant’s original film “F1 the Movie.””
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Duolingo Used iPhone's Dynamic Island to Display Ads, Violating Apple Design GUI” “ads for their F1 movie in Apple Wallet”
Comment from 5 Aug 2026 in “"Gravity is worth asking about."” “the nonstop onslaught of advertisements for F1”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and results”
Other films people recommend
The four most recommended other films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan | 50 | 37 | 57% | 7 | — | — |
| Perfect Days (2023 film) | 19 | 1 | 95% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The Secret Agent (2025 film) | 18 | 9 | 67% | 2 | — | — |
| One Battle After Another | 17 | 14 | 55% | 5 | — | — |
| F1 the MovieThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“ads for their F1 movie in Apple Wallet”
“Shots from Hollywood camera crews can barely keep up.”
“The tech for in-cockpit capture and presentation of the races themselves was great, but the dialogue and basically everything off-track was boring or rote.”
“While the audio was good, seat quality was sub par”
“the nonstop onslaught of advertisements for F1”
“Apple customers aren’t thrilled they’re getting an ad from the Apple Wallet app promoting the tech giant’s original film “F1 the Movie.””
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.