4 stars out of 5 -- "There are some remarkable images here....It's Senna's obsessive, transcendental lunacy the film captures so well, and his tendency to render his victories as higher art dedicated to a higher power."
Total Film

"SENNA is a skillfully constructed and moving documentary....Fascinating viewing."
Sight and Sound

"[T]his thrilling documentary by Asif Kapadia recounts the career of the late Ayrton Senna, a driver of legendary skill and courage and a national hero in his native Brazil."
Wall Street Journal

"SENNA is a documentary with the pace of a thriller, a story of motors and machines that is beyond compelling because of the intensely human story it tells."
Los Angeles Times

"The racing segments, consisting mostly of television clips and footage from mini-cams attached to cars, is frequently heart-stopping..."
New York Times

"The movie is edited entirely from Formula One archival video....The race footage is thrilling."
Chicago Sun-Times

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[Kapadia] plunges viewers directly into the white-knuckle action of high-test auto racing, giving them a taste of its adrenaline and appeal with jittery driver's-eye-view footage."
Washington Post