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Morning Light
Walt Disney Pictures
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MPAA 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)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Mark Monroe
Paul Crowder
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 16, 2009
Theatrical: October 17, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Vividly captures the joy of sailing.

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.

63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
A fluffy piece of Disney nonfiction.

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.

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.

60
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
An old-fashioned doc about a sailboat race is well produced but lacks urgency and true insight

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.

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.

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.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
Has a made-for-television style.

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.

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.

50
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Morning Light, sailor's delight. All others be forewarned.

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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