There are many questions you could put to Oswald Mosley’s son Max, who ran
Formula One before doing battle with the Daily Mail. But they’re not asked here
“Complicated” feels like an understatement when describing Max Mosley. Growing up as the son of the fascist politician Oswald Mosley, he was used to being pilloried – and in his adult life relished being under attack. So, when the News of the World came after him in 2008 with a front-page exposé of his “depraved Nazi orgy” with prostitutes, Mosley did not slink away in shame. He sued.
The trouble with the unprobing approach in this film is that it never really pushes Mosley – interviewed before his death this year – or gets under his skin in ways that could be interesting. The result is that the film feels more like an authorised biography than a documentary, and for that reason it’s a little dull. There is also an awful lot of Formula One filler to put up with.