The Boys in the Boat

2023 Drama | Other
73%

A group of underdogs, at the height of the Great Depression, are thrust into the spotlight, taking on elite rivals from around the world as part of the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games. Inspirational true-life story, starring Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner and Peter Guinness. Directed by George Clooney

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by Brian Lloyd
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'The Boys In The Boat' rows against the current

On the run-up to the 1936 Olympics, rowing coach Al Ulbrickson (Joel Edgerton) of the University of Washington has two teams he can select one from - one is the well-bred, patrician team and the alternate is the scholarship, working-class team led by Joe Rantz (Callum Turner), an engineering student whose family effectively abandoned him during the Great Depression. Through perseverance and tenacity, Joe fights his way through the social stigma of his times and makes his way into the history books...

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