In my opinion Preston Tucker never realizes how much strong are the majors car's industry in the world to challenge them,your dream was bury even before to start ,advised by many didn't have hear a think,Coppola made a good job but shown an unnecessary exhbitionist portrait of Tucker,if they made an advanced model in sixty days only seems unbeliavable,require further reliable sources,in final part at trial in courthouse it's sound a crying shame,all those speech straight to the jury are american trademark on movies,otherwise he didn't explain in fact how they spent 23 millions dollars,something was wrong,wasn't convincing at all!!!Resume:First watch: 1992 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-Cable TV-DVD / Rating: 7.25

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.

A truly rich and rewarding Movie. This Story of a Man who naively tried to compete with the Big Three Automobile Corporations is Filmmaking at its most poignant. Although much of it plays like a Fairy Tale, although the unhappy ending is obvious, most of it is based on Facts and is pretty much the way the Saga unfolded in Real Life.It is a beautiful looking Film and is superbly crafted with a Love for the period. The Cast is strong throughout and things move at Highway Speed. This is the kind of Entertainment that rarely emerges from Hollywood (exemplified by the poor Box-Office). Ironically Folks malign the Dream Factory for the Trash it produces and then stay away from something as inspirational, touching, and relevant as Tucker.A must see Movie for all ages. It is a joy to behold with its life lessons, optimism in spite of adversity, and overall good feeling that is in every frame of this little seen, underrated, ignored, informative, and Fantastic Film. As good as Movie Making gets.

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.