What a greatly filmed historic underdog film about the rowing team at University of Washington in the late 1930’s who make it all the way to the Berlin Olympics. They did a great job by basing the film around the coach and a main rower to show the symbolism of the film that the journey was bigger than just one person. They rushed through some main points a bit and it would have been nicer to get to know the other characters a bit better. But the filming and plot development was so emotional and great.

It was somehow even more boring than I expected lol. You already know the outcome of a movie like this, but you expect there to be a little bit more drama in the process or maybe get to know the characters stories and motivations so you can really cheer them on as they fight for victory, but no. Add in some really cheesy dialogue and and the most generic protagonist possible and you have the recipe for a true snoozer.

Clooney's film is nostalgic for the past but did it have to be so dull? Disappointing.

A pretty standard sports biopic. It successfully tells a feel-good underdog story. Events do meander in parts, but for the vast majority it's a solid watch. Callum Turner is, as you'd expect given he's the main character, the film's standout, I enjoyed his performance. Joel Edgerton is good too, as is Hadley Robinson in a small role. I also dug the score used throughout, at plenty of moments I could feel myself appreciating Alexandre Desplat's work. One thing, and the only thing if I'm honest, that I didn't like was how the film uses Adolf Hitler at the end. It just felt needless, especially as they overshow him reacting to the rowing like 4 or 5 times in a short period. Then he walks offscreen in a down-on-his-luck movie baddie sorta way, rather than as a literal evil dictator. Just odd. The likeness of the actor threw me off a bit as well, if not for the stache I wouldn't have known it was that guy to be honest. Tangent aside, 'The Boys in the Boat' is a satisfactory movie.

Watched with my Grandma…. She said it was a good movie! It’s safe, the boat races aren’t all that exciting, and the characters are paper thin. It’s interesting, I just wish it would of given more of a sense to what happened to these people in real life and fleshed them out more. Joel Edgerton was the best part. Watchable but never need to see again.