The Boys in the Boat

It's a story we've all heard before. The ragtag team that pulls together and beats out the better funded, more qualified elite teams. There's nothing new under the sun, but I'll praise a well executed telling of that epic. I can't speak to the accuracy of the details, but this film makes the individual members compelling. I just wish I could have gotten a bit more originality in the way it was conveyed or a better connection. The familiarity of the genre keeps things at a distance, which is a shame if the details are true. It's a really good story at its core. If you want a feel good triumph of the working class man, it's a quality movie. Well acted. Just nothing to blow your mind.

Definitely a bunch of boys in a boat. A lot of people found it boring so I kinda went in expecting it to be like that and surprisingly I didn't but I certainly understood why people felt like that. I'm a big sports fan so I was intrigued by the story even though I don't follow or watch the sport. All the performances were fine. It's just no one stood as great. The cinematography was good especially when it came to the boat scenes which I found to be the most satisfying moments. The pacing is without a doubt the biggest problem for me and definitely for a lot of others as well I guess. The start takes its time which was ok but it's after that where it's way too slow and just when you think they're gonna speed it up they take their foot off the pedal. As a whole, I found it to be quite good but definitely not something I'll be watching any time in the near future.