Surprisingly incoherent and boring

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Francis Ford Coppola's 'Tucker: The Man and His Dream', based on the life of the Late/Great Preston Tucker and his attempt to produce and market the 1948 Tucker Sedan, is underrated biopic, that hits all the notes. And with Jeff Bridges & The Late/Great Martin Landau in company, its hard not to be mesmerized. 'Tucker: The Man and His Dream' Synopsis: The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.'Tucker: The Man and His Dream' captures Preston Tucker's madness & passion to bring an automobile to the people, that was far beyond people's imagination back then. It also captures his scandal between the "Big Three automobile manufacturers" and accusations of stock fraud from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, all of which whom, he won rightly against in court. And Coppola, the genius, is at the top of his game. 'Tucker: The Man and His Dream' is among the legendary director's most accomplished works, delivering a biopic that's both fascinating & heartfelt. Arnold Schulman & David Seidler's Screenplay is wonderfully gripping. Cinematography & Editing add punch to the narrative. Art & Costume Design are excellent.Performance-Wise: Jeff Bridges as Preston Tucker & The Late/Great Martin Landau as Abe Karatz, the man who helps Tucker achieve his dream, are a Dream-Team. Bridges adds authenticity & charisma to Tucker, portraying a real-life man with full force. And Landau is pure acting gold as Abe, whose performance here, has to be among the strongest supporting turns in the film history. Watching these 2 men unravel here with their gift for acting, left me spell-bound. Of the rest of the cast, Joan Allen as Vera Tucker, Tucker's Wife & Christian Slater as Preston Tucker, Jr, stand out.On the whole, 'Tucker: The Man and His Dream' is a winner!

Here, Jeff Bridges gets to play a little bit of the good-natured kidder we've come to love... as Tucker, the eternal optimist and dreamer, we experience the reality that all dreams are met with obstacles sometimes... The flashy style of the director has the look and feel of a Life magazine or Saturday Evening Post piece... it's hype, sure, but it attempts to capture the entrepreneurial spirit of post-war America with the swing music and stylish clothing... Excellent performances by Bridges (both of them!), Martin Landau and even Christian Slater plays with much more subtlety than usual. Dean Stockwell does a pretty good Howard Hughes.All of the acting performances in this picture are superb, and the pacing is almost frenetic. These factors, along with a rather ingenious use of transitions by Director Francis Ford Coppola (who coincidentally owns one of the few Tuckers left in existence), create a busy feeling that conveys to the audience that Tucker has got the world by the tail and is pulling hard... hold that tiger! Combine all of this with an excellent soundtrack by Joe Jackson (unfortunately very hard to find these days), and you have what one reviewer accurately describes as one of the greatest movies that hardly anyone ever watched.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

This is a film which works on many levels. As an indictment of big business and their manipulation of the little guy, this is perfect. Preston Tucker dreamed of and actually built a few of his futuristic Tucker cars which scared the hell out of the big three. My late Father told me he rode in one of these cars once upon a time. The forties atmosphere is beautifully portrayed here, and the performances by Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen and Martin Landau hit just the right notes. The photography is stylish and the music great. The icing on the cake are those beautiful Tucker cars, supplied by the Tucker Owners Club which are seen throughout the film. If you get the DVD, you get a great extra in a short film, in color, made by the Tucker Corporation to promote the car. My late Mother once told me a joke that was popular around the time the Tucker was in the public consciousness: "Buy a Kaiser and surprise her, or buy a Tucker and -------!" (Kaiser was the name of another all-new postwar car).

This is a well crafted film about the saga of Preston Tucker, an energetic entrepreneur who had the goal of creating a radical new automobile, the Tucker Torpedo, which drew the ire of Detroit's Big Three. Possessing a remarkable drive to achieve his dream, Tucker met every problem head on and stopped at nothing to see the Torpedo come to fruition.Jeff Bridges gives a remarkable performance as Preston Tucker. He also shares some screen time with his father Lloyd, who plays a crooked politician out to derail Tucker's ambitions. The film also has a great score by Joe Jackson. Fans of classic films will enjoy the narration throughout "Tucker." It is as if you are watching a newsreel at a movie theater in the 1940s. Speaking of that, for those who have seen movie trailers from the 50s on back: You know how there were words splashed on the screen describing those films? You get that here as well, and it really adds to the nostalgia of the picture.Francis Ford Coppola did a good job directing this story of a man who believed in, and is the epitome of, the American Dream. Watch this movie and prepare to be wowed by Preston Tucker.