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  • 2008
  • PG
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2008
  • PG
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary 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 TRANSPA...

Directed By: Mark Monroe

Written By: Leslie DeMeuse, Roy Edward Disney, Thomas J. Pollack, Mark Monroe

  • 2008
  • PG
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2008
  • PG
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Morning Light

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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 TRANSPA...

Directed By: Mark Monroe

Written By: Leslie DeMeuse, Roy Edward Disney, Thomas J. Pollack, Mark Monroe

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
51
29% Positive
4 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
7% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
51
29% Positive
4 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
7% Negative
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75
Vividly captures the joy of sailing.
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
63
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.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
60
Like the disastrously overpopulated "Amazing Race: Family Edition," Morning Light never finds a way to make us care who wins.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Morning Light, sailor's delight. All others be forewarned.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
50
Has a made-for-television style.
By Peter Hartlaub FULL REVIEW
50
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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30
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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Production Company Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date Oct 17, 2008
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating PG
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Tagline A 2500 mile journey that will change the course of their lives forever.
Website https://movies.disney.com/morning-light
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