Heart of Champions

I really liked this movie especially when teams competing, how actors react! The spirt of determination to reach the goal in addition with drama that make it more attractive and entertaining to watch.

I confess to knowing nothing about rowing...truly, I know nothing. But the idea that we are not an island in this life, is one with which I concur. The other thought presented was that actions have sometimes catestrophic consequences, and I agree. In light of those ideas, this movie addresses them admirably. The cinematography of the the water, the rowboat, and the light, was in my eyes, certainly lovely. I found this to be a thought-provoking and exceptional movie. Were there things that I did not particularly admire? Sure, but overall, a good film.

I really enjoyed watching heart of champions and how the plot and storyline was structured throughout the film. I enjoyed the shots of the rowers on the water and how the camera angles helped emphasize the intensity of collegiate rowing. Great movie! Would highly recommend to anyone who loves sports films!

Honestly, this movie was trash. The storyline has been done a million times and there wasn't one single original aspect to the plot. The cinematography was basic, the love story was basic, the bully to humble followed was basic, the heartbreaking twist was basic. Nothing about this movie was original. I watched it because I like two of the actors, hoping something new or original would pop up, but this was genuinely terrible Pathetic excuse for a movie.

This movie is well done. Cinematography was good. Writing was good. Story was excellent. Very handsome actors working hard to do the roles they played justice. This is a modern dramatization of the TRUE STORY of the boys from the University of Washington when they swept ALL the other teams in the United States, and then went to WIN the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany rowing against the Nazis. The boys in the University of Washington were Depression Era Heroes - poor and humble - who worked their way through college while rowing and getting good grades - and through sheer determination, faith, hope and American moxy beat the pants off the Nazis at the Olympics. The story in this movie is a good one...... but the original story of "The Boys in the Boat" is EPIC. Check it out! Your time will not be wasted on this movie..... although the dynamics of an Ivy League school and it's affluent, intelligent students is an environment that most American teens and college student will not understand. Still...... it is a story of great value.

Who knew rowing could be so dramatic. Throwback 90s era where a college row team is full of young men trying to find their way in life. Thematically solid and promotes team values that are rare today.

This movie brings together stories of college students who face and overcome interior struggles and stresses of life and learn the valuable lessons that no man is an island and that sometimes you have to depend on the team and sometimes the team has to depend on you. They deal with death, loss, family pressure, and peer pressure while learning that they need others and others need them on a sports team and in life.

Casting 5/9. Only worthy mention is ofc the old man directing was the weakest part.. romance is forcefed and has no purpose at all. All in all, enjoyable considering the drought in the boxoffice.

Sports movies seem to have a formula. Team not performing as it should, new coach comes in who inspires, someone trying to undermine the team, a traumatic event the team must overcome. So it is with this one but somehow it all works for me. Michael Shannon as the coach stands out even though the main focus is not on him, but liked other characters as well and their stories. Certainly deserving of a higher rating than what it has on IMDB.

This hits on all the 'rich white kid life lessons' clichés, without, I think, intending to. There is a token ethnic teammate, and one or a couple of other token ethnic secondary characters. No doubt, this suffers from elitist assumptions held by the writer, director, producers, or all involved, without them coming close to realizing it. Embarrassingly, the coach - sorry: "Coach" - is a military veteran with a tough background, and he's gonna bring some tough-guy-with-a-heart magic to inspire this ragtag bunch of rich kids (whose privilege is ignored thoughout the movie). EVERY plot device is foreseeable from the title alone. The filmmakers miss on details throughout; e.g. Kid puts his shoe in his mouth when he apologizes to his teammate, and we notice that this is 100% brand new, never been worn, with perfectly tied shoe laces (white Addidas, of course), then slips it back on his foot as though he'd been wearing it. There were no opportunities to really act, skillfully, so the bunch of 'em say their lines, exaggerate emotion, hit their marks, etc. This is a waste of time. I eventually switched over to a 4 year old episode of something on HGTV, just to get away from the straining futility of this movie.