India, June 30 -- Filmmaker Hansal Mehta has reviewed actor Brad Pitt's new film F1 and spoken at length about what has worked for the film and what hasn't. Taking to X (formerly Twitter) early on Monday, Hansal praised Brad Pitt, saying that there's "something moving about watching a star who knows how to carry silence and wear fatigue with grace". Hansal said that "the treatment of the supporting cast" in the film "definitely doesn't work".

Hansal said that even though F1 has "familiar screenwriting" but it works "in parts". He said, "My thoughts on F1. F1 applies every familiar screenwriting trope from the underdog sportsperson playbook: the tormented past, the fractured team, the old-vs-young dynamic, and the predictable trajectory f...