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Morning Light

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Morning Light reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by:

Directed by: Mark Monroe
Paul Crowder

Release Date:
Theatrical: October 17, 2008
DVD: June 16, 2009

Running Time: minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG for some language

Starring Chris Branning, Graham Brant-Zawadzki, Chris Clark, Charlie Enright, Jesse Fielding, Robbie Kane, Steve Manson, and Chris Schubert

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 2300 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. (Walt Disney Pictures)

What The Critics Said

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75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Vividly captures the joy of sailing.

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63

USA Today Claudia Puig

The documentary is enjoyable, though it could have been edited more tightly. The ending, in which three of the contest participants write and perform a catchy pop song, is buoyantly fun.

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63

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

A fluffy piece of Disney nonfiction.

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63

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

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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60

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

A Disney movie about a Disney project, this slick sailing documentary feels a little too self-promotional, almost like an attraction you might stumble into at Epcot. But at least it turns out to be a fairly wild ride.

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60

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

An old-fashioned doc about a sailboat race is well produced but lacks urgency and true insight

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60

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

Like the disastrously overpopulated "Amazing Race: Family Edition," Morning Light never finds a way to make us care who wins.

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50

NPR Bob Mondello

The film is more appealing for its scenery, which is as breathtakingly blue as you'd expect, than for its drama.

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50

Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell

At one point during the big race, the kids get passed at close range by a team of pros so seasoned, they wrote the navigation software the kids use. I was begging the camera crew to follow them.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub

Has a made-for-television style.

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50

Variety Peter Debruge

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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50

Village Voice Tim Grierson

Two unnerving phenomena--the popularity of reality-TV competitions and the Walt Disney Company's ability to churn out entertainment starring the most squeaky-clean humans on earth--come together in Morning Light, a nightmarishly upbeat documentary.

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50

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

Morning Light, sailor's delight. All others be forewarned.

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30

Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

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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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

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