PG-13 | 2h 32min | Action, Biography, Drama | 15 November 2019 (USA) I’ve never been a huge fan of racing films. I’m not a gearhead and don’t watch racing as a sport. The goofy, unrealistic car-action stunts and the shallow storylines of perhaps the longest-running racing series—“The Fast & Furious” franchise—hardly did anything to change that. However, after seeing the trailer for 2019’s “Ford V Ferrari,” I decided to give it a shot. And boy, am I glad I did. The film is directed by James Mangold, who comes mainly from a background of making episodic TV series. As such, the movie has sort of an episodic structure to it and is a little long, as it tries to pack in as much about the two main characters’ lives as possible: Friends Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (Christian Bale) chase after their dreams of racing fame and fortune. …