Any time...personal history is touched upon, it is quickly shoved under the carpet in favor of yet another sailing montage, complete with compulsory sunset.
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03/13/09
Morning Light (2008)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:9
Rotten:22
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Breathtaking scenery aside, Morning Light is geared more for the sailing enthusiasts than for the average viewers.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Feb 2, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $129,295
Synopsis: Fifteen young sailors… six months of intense training… one chance at the brass ring. This exciting true-life documentary tells the inspiring story of a group of intrepid and determined young men... [More]
Starring: Chris Branning, Graham Brant-Zawadzki, Chris Clark, Charlie Enright
Director: Mark Monroe
Reviews for Morning Light
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08/19/09
(T)his may be one of those achievements in human endurance that doesn't elicit cheers, but sneers. It's just too picture perfected to be powerful.
07/12/09
A vanity project...[but also] a sincere love letter to sailing, as seen through the eyes of a handful of very lucky youngsters. [Blu-ray]
06/28/09
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05/13/09
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04/23/09
Morning Light fails as film or TV. It’s essentially a vanity project for sailing enthusiast Roy E. Disney.
11/07/08
This flat, uninspired sailing documentary from the Walt Disney studios has surprisingly little to say.
10/23/08
All good intentions aside, Morning Light is nothing more than a glorified television documentary.
10/21/08
The film may interest sailing enthusiasts. For the rest of us, Morning Light is a yawn.
10/18/08
It's just so Disney. It could make you very cross.
10/18/08
Morning Light is a sunny, saltwater-splashed tale of inspiration.
10/17/08
Top CriticThe documentary is enjoyable, though it could have been edited more tightly.
10/17/08
Top CriticFor those who love sailing, Morning Light will confirm their passion and please them right down to their Top-Sider encased toes. For the rest of us, this sailors' tale just smacks of naval gazing.
10/17/08
If you don't speak the jargon of sailing and racing, most of the conversations between teammates mean very little. Impenetrable editing reduces the action to a meaningless blur.
10/17/08
It's extremely good at communicating the joy of sailing, of putting its finger on the unique aesthetic appeal it offers its addicts and of making us believe that it is a precious gift that will enhance the future of these young people.
10/17/08
The camera can only film the on-deck action from so many angles before it gets repetitive. The musical score is pabulum. Race technology and tactics are barely explored, and you never get a sense of the larger field of competitors.
10/17/08
The aristo-brats are required to jump into a swimming pool and tread water for five minutes with their shoes on. Horrible! Still, one of them nearly drowns, proving that he shouldn't be allowed near a body of water larger than a bottle of Poland Spring.
10/17/08
These eager young amateurs have the kind of passion nobody could fake.
10/17/08
If the makers were hoping they'd chronicled a metaphor for life's struggle, they probably weren't counting on the struggle being monotony.
10/17/08
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