The period sports drama “The Boys in the Boat” is “Chariots of Fire” on the water. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 63°F. Friday, June 13th 2025 E-Edition.

Steeped in old-fashioned virtues and a feel-good underdog story, “The Boys in the Boat” isn’t bad, but it doesn’t it ever navigate its way out of the shallow end of the sports-movie pool ...

“The Boys in the Boat,” directed by George Clooney, is an old-fashioned movie about old-fashioned moxie. Based on a section of Daniel James Brown’s 2013 nonfiction book of the same name, and ...

Other than Adolf Hitler, just about everybody in "The Boys in the Boat" is nice. George Clooney's adaptation of the Daniel James Brown nonfiction bestseller almost feels like it could have been ...

Yesterday, Maddy reviewed The Boys in the Boat, a historical sports drama about the 1936 U.S. Olympic rowing team.She was mostly unimpressed: This movie could have been set at any time, in any ...

It's been 11 years since "The Boys in the Boat" was published. The story endures, I think, because of this healing journey Brown takes the reader on alongside Rantz.

Or watch the PBS documentary “The Boys of ‘36,” which first aired in 2017. Either way, you’ll find the drama that is missing in the movie version. BOYS IN THE BOAT ...

Ten years ago, a new book's tale of grit and adventure quickly caught fire with critics and readers alike. That story is now George Clooney's latest directorial effort, "The Boys in the Boat" (now ...

Steeped in old-fashioned virtues and a feel-good underdog story, “The Boys in the Boat” isn’t bad, but it doesn’t it ever navigate its way out of the shallow end of the sports-movie pool ...