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Morning Light (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 30

Fresh: 9

Rotten:21

Average Rating: 4.7/10

Consensus: Breathtaking scenery aside, Morning Light is geared more for the sailing enthusiasts than for the average viewers.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for some language.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Documentary

Theatrical Release:Oct 17, 2008 Limited

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... 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 and women, on the cusp of adulthood, as they embark on life’s first great adventure. Racing a high-performance 52-foot sloop in the TRANSPAC, the most revered of open-ocean sailing competitions, the crew of “Morning Light” matches wits and skills in a dramatic 2,300-mile showdown against top professionals.

From their earliest training sessions in Hawaii conducted by world-class teachers through their test of endurance on the high seas, they form an unbreakable bond in the process of becoming a singular team that is greater than the sum of its parts. Directed and edited by two of the key filmmakers responsible for the acclaimed 2004 surfing documentary, “Riding Giants,” and the recent rock documentary “Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who,” MORNING LIGHT will appeal to the sense of adventure in everyone.
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Starring: Chris Branning, Graham Brant-Zawadzki, Chris Clark, Charlie Enright

Starring: Chris Branning, Graham Brant-Zawadzki, Chris Clark, Charlie Enright, Jesse Fielding, Robbie Kane, Steve Manson, Chris Schubert, Kate Theisen, Mark Towill, Genny Tulloch, Piet van Os, Chris Welch, Kit Will, Jeremy Wilmot

Director: Mark Monroe

Director: Mark Monroe
Screenwriter: Mark Monroe
Producer: Morgan Sackett
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

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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]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
06/28/09
Peter Canavese
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05/13/09
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Orlando Sentinel
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

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.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
03/13/09
Rhiannon Sawyer
FILMINK (Australia)

Morning Light fails as film or TV. It’s essentially a vanity project for sailing enthusiast Roy E. Disney.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
11/07/08
David Frese
Kansas City Star

This flat, uninspired sailing documentary from the Walt Disney studios has surprisingly little to say.

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10/23/08
David N. Butterworth
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All good intentions aside, Morning Light is nothing more than a glorified television documentary.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
10/21/08
Marco Cerritos
Boxoffice Magazine

The film may interest sailing enthusiasts. For the rest of us, Morning Light is a yawn.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/18/08
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

It's just so Disney. It could make you very cross.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
10/18/08
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

Morning Light is a sunny, saltwater-splashed tale of inspiration.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
10/17/08
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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The documentary is enjoyable, though it could have been edited more tightly.

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10/17/08
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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For 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.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
10/17/08
Linda Barnard
Toronto Star
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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.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
10/17/08
Tom Keogh
Seattle Times

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.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
10/17/08
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
10/17/08
M.E. Russell
Oregonian

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.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
10/17/08
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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These eager young amateurs have the kind of passion nobody could fake.

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10/17/08
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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If the makers were hoping they'd chronicled a metaphor for life's struggle, they probably weren't counting on the struggle being monotony.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
10/17/08
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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A beautifully photographed documentary about a group of freshly scrubbed youngsters coming together for a grueling sailing competition.

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10/17/08
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

We get little explanation in the way of tactics or technique, and the filmmakers have compressed time into a bunch of cuts and platitudes about how the race will change the competitors' lives.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
10/17/08
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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