{"id":181113,"date":"2025-12-08T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/181113\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:47:12","slug":"matt-damons-drama-with-a-98-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-sets-netflix-debut-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/181113\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon\u2019s Drama With a 98% Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Sets Netflix Debut Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding a movie that critics respect and audiences fall in love with is a rare feat in Hollywood, but Matt Damon<\/a> and Christian Bale managed to strike gold with their high-octane biopic. Not only did it boast a stellar 98 percent audience score, based on more than 10,000 verified Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> reviews, but it also had an impressive 92 percent critics’ score, based on 364 reviews. Along with impressively high marks from critics and audiences, the Damon and Bale high-octane drama earned both “certified fresh” and “verified hot” labels. After landing on a few other streaming<\/a> services, Ford v Ferrari is officially set to make its Netflix<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n

‘Ford v Ferrari’ on Netflix: When Can You Stream the Racing Hit?\"Christian<\/p>\n

While Netflix remains in the recent news largely thanks to its staggering $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner Bros.<\/a>, there are plenty of other additions coming throughout December. 2025 and into January 2026, including Ford v Ferrari.<\/p>\n

The true story of the team that set out to build a revolutionary race car for Ford to challenge Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans will officially be released on Netflix on January 1, as What’s on Netflix<\/a> first reported. This gives viewers who missed Ford v Ferrari the chance to kick off the New Year by seeing one of Rotten Tomatoes’ big winners among critics and audiences.<\/p>\n

The 2019 film features Damon as Carroll Shelby, a former race car driver and automotive designer, teaming up with Bale, who plays Ken Miles, an English race car driver. Adding to the impressive cast is Jon Bernthal<\/a>, who plays the role of Lee Iacocca, the vice president of Ford.<\/p>\n

What Audiences Said About Ford v Ferrari & Box Office Numbers<\/p>\n

Many variables make up a great movie<\/a>, and it often goes far beyond what the box office numbers say. While many moviegoers would likely have at least one or two films that weren’t smash hits at the box office listed in their top five, Ford v Ferrari pulled in decent numbers that don’t tell the whole story of its popularity.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the full rundown of Ford v Ferrari, from its Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic<\/a> marks to the box office numbers, courtesy of Box Office Mojo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

92 percent critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes (certified fresh)<\/p>\n

98 percent audience score (verified hot)<\/p>\n

Score of 81 from critics on Metacritic (labeled a Metacritic must-see)<\/p>\n

Score of 8.3 out of 10 from audiences on Metacritic<\/p>\n

Domestic box office: $117.6 million<\/p>\n

International box office: $107.8 million<\/p>\n

Worldwide box office: $225.5 million<\/p>\n

Ford v Ferrari also picked up 86 award nominations and 26 wins, according to IMDb<\/a>. This includes the 2020 Oscars wins for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Editing, as well as nominations for Best Motion Picture of the Year and Best Film Editing.<\/p>\n

Alongside the trio of Damon, Bale and Bernthal, Ford v Ferrari featured a cast that included Caitriona Balfe as Mollie Miles, Josh Lucas as Leo Beebe, Noah Jupe as Peter Miles, Tracy Letts as Henry Ford II, and Remo Girone as Enzo Ferrari.<\/p>\n

Related: Donald Trump Issues 6-Word Message That Could Halt Netflix Buying Warner Bros.<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Men’s Journal<\/a> on Dec 8, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Men’s Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finding a movie that critics respect and audiences fall in love with is a rare feat in Hollywood,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,29808,93,98482,61,60,98032,41878],"class_list":{"0":"post-181113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-christian-bale","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ford-v-ferrari","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-matt-damon","15":"tag-rotten-tomatoes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}