“Driven” is a lot like a DeLorean: Looks great, but moves slow — if it even moves at all.

The sleazy history drama is about the auto manufacturer John DeLorean (Lee Pace, tall), and the 1982 scandal in which he was accused of making a $24 million cocaine deal to save his company.

The narc was a drug smuggler named Jim Hoffman (Jason Sudeikis), who worked with the FBI to catch DeLorean in exchange for a clean record. It’s a sexy piece of history, and a much more scintillating one than this slight film would imply.

For Hoffman, DeLorean was Gatsby: the mysterious, rich party animal he aspired to be. Before the drug deal ever came into play, Hoffman and his wife (Judy Greer) were DeLorean’s neighbors. He slid into the automaker’s life, attending lavish bashes and even doing odd jobs at his house.

Those scenes are the best bit: Trashy revelers doing “the Electric Slide,” Johnny Carson phoning in to call DeLorean “a f–king fraud,” a kingpin’s wife getting high and plunging into the pool. Delightful. But the intrigue lacks suspense and, um, intrigue. The story starts to drag; the grand conclusion is a flop.

Sudeikis has a tougher time than Greer does breaking free of the chains of comedy. He always seems to be setting up a joke, even when his life’s at risk. Brooding Pace is an ideal DeLorean, though. Sophisticated, a born leader.

It’s his lines (words, not coke) that are lacking.