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Morning Light (2008)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:4

Rotten:9

Average Rating:4.8/10

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

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

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

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10/17/08
Kyle Smith
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
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.

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10/17/08
Robert Abele
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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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
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Morning Light is a sweepingly beautiful documentary unmoored by democratic intentions.

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10/17/08
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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An old-fashioned doc about a sailboat race is well produced but lacks urgency and true insight.

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10/17/08
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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Morning Light has populist ambitions, which may frustrate fans of art house documentaries.

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10/17/08
Peter Hartlaub
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San Francisco Chronicle
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An OK sports doc that owes as much to reality TV competitions as it does to the genre of nautical cinema.

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10/17/08
Steven Rea
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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The film feels more like the ultimate scrapbook for the participants than the vicarious thrill the pair no doubt imagined for audiences.

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10/14/08
Peter Debruge
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