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‘The Boys in the Boat’: When USA’s J.V. Crew Beat the Nazis

George Clooney directs a fun telling of the time America put a collegiate junior varsity team up against the Nazis at the 1936 Olympics.
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‘The Boys in the Boat’: When USA’s J.V. Crew Beat the Nazis
(L–R) Shorty Hunt (Bruce Herbelin-Earle), Joe Rantz (Callum Turner), and Don Hume (Jack Mulhern) in “The Boys in the Boat.” Laurie Sparham/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
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PG-13 | 2h 4m | Sports, Drama, Historical | December 25, 2023

“The Boys in the Boat,” the latest sports movie from George Clooney, is currently showing yet another Rotten Tomatoes skew you could drive a Mack truck through—Critics: 56-percent, audience: 96-percent. Why is that? More on this later, but I’m telling you right now; it’s an excellent family film.

Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson
Film Critic
Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times. In addition to film, he enjoys martial arts, motorcycles, rock-climbing, qigong, and human rights activism. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by 20 years' experience as a New York professional actor. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World," available on iTunes, Audible, and YouTube. Mark is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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