The Boys in the Boat

Movie

2023

2h 4m

PG-13

English

Drama, History

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7.2

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The triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men's rowing team, who stunned the world by winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

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The Boys in the Boat

PG-13

Movie

2023

2h 4m

English

Drama, History

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The triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men's rowing team, who stunned the world by winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

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Cast

Coach Al Ulbrickson

Joe Rantz

George Pocock

Roger Morris

Chuck Day

Don Hume

Bobby Moch

Shorty Hunt

Jim McMillin

Johnny White

Gordy Adam

Coach Tom Bolles

Joyce Simdars

Royal Brougham

Hazel Ulbrickson

Harry Rantz

UW Registrar

Henry Burke

Charlie Rylie

Hermann Göring

Harvey Love

Coach Ky Ebright

Benjamin Billings

Joe's Grandson

Elderly Joe Rantz

Directed By: George Clooney

Written By: Mark L. Smith (Screenplay), Daniel James Brown (Novel)

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patrickjkellyii says...

12 months ago

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.

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renmaven says...

7 months ago

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.

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siggi963 says...

2 months ago

Inspiring sports tale based on true events.

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LadyRuth says...

10 months ago

A thoroughly enjoyable movie. It doesn't take a genius to read between the lines and know how this is going to turn out, however, it really is edge of the seat stuff. Hats off to Clooney for the way this was directed it was a brilliant movie about a topic that not everybody is interested in. I have to say I would recommend this very very highly.

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jojo6612nyr

7/10 9 months ago

When George Clooney gets behind the camera, the result is almost always at least a solid movie, or in cases like his last film, The Tender Bar [2021], a pretty good one. Now, Clooney is adapting the story of a Washington University rowing team that defies expectations and makes it to the 1936 Olympi More

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r96sk

11 months ago

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, More

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CinemaSerf

11 months ago

Living out of a dilapidated old car on a piece of waste ground in a suburb of Seattle, Joe Rantz (Callum Turner) travels each day to the University of Washington where he studies engineering. Using newspapers to stop-up the holes in his boots, we learn quickly that he's pretty poverty stricken and w More

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