The Boys in the Boat

WBZ's Jordan Rich takes a look at this sports/war movie based on a true story.

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Episode Transcript

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This is now streaming with Jordan thata bunch of kid slows like no one
else since it'll come through me,everybody else tires and it just gets strongly.
We have a boat I believe couldqualify for an Olympic spots who can
know what you're doing. It's aGeorge Clooney directed film called The Boys in
the Boat, based on the bestselling book by Daniel James Brown. Critics

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thought it was okay, but audienceshave rated it very, very high,
and there's a good reason for that. It's a feel good film based on
a true story of heart, gutsand perseverance, with a rowing team from
the University of Washington setting out totrain for the nineteen thirty six Olympics and
taking on the supermen of Germany Hitler'sheroes, the Nazis. And if you
haven't seen the movie yet, wellthere is a happy ending and Clooney's done

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a fine job directing this film,making what could seem a bit stale or
robotic, that is the rowing sequencespretty darn exciting. A movie pitting hard
working Americans giving it there all is. They rub it in the face of
Hitler. Hard not to root forit. The Boys in the Boat,
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