Young Woman and The Sea
The story of the record-making swimmer's successful 1926 crossing of the English Channel, offering insight into the significance of her accomplishment, the personal price she paid for her achievement, and her abrupt subsequent departure from the public eye.
- Released:
- Runtime: 129 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History
- Stars: Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Christopher Eccleston, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia, Jeanette Hain, Ethan Rouse, Sava Dragunchev, Robert Eades, Tessa Bonham Jones, Olive Elise Abercrombie, Lilly Aspell, Hyoie O'Grady, Trevor Van Uden, Brian Caspe, Velizar Binev, John Carew, Laila Barwick, Owen Davis, J.R. Esposito
- Director: Joachim Rønning
Comments
- jackson_ro - 26 June 2024
Young Woman and the Sea
A great film that feels overshadowed by what it tries to do socially. It is a film about human courage, bravery and the power of fighting against all odds despite being at a very disadvantageous position. Seems like we are getting less and less of these films, which is a massive pity as these are the easiest ones to get one inspired. Watched this at the office with colleagues and everyone left inspired. Although there are alterations to reality in the film, but it doesn't take anything away from the story and that one scene in the water towards the end is a truly memorable one. Great film, worth watching. - bobwpe - 2 June 2024
Got Suckered Into Another Bait and Switch
I wasn't planning on going to this movie because it didn't seem like one that was directed toward me. However the early reviews and ratings, which didn't come out until a few days before, seem to be pretty good calling the movie inspirational so I thought I'd give it a shot and I took my sweetie and my sister with me. As it turned out most of the movie is just completely made up, I would say less than half of it is even close to the truth. Let's just skip over the patriarchy hurdles she allegedly endured early on and move straight to where she represented the United States in the Paris Olympics. The movie makes you think that she came home at the empty-handed when in fact she won a gold medal and two bronze. There is a scene where it explicitly implies that her trainer and coach poisoned her while she was in the water on her first swim because he didn't want to see a woman Prevail where he had failed. That was completely made up and really was demeaning to the memory of this character. Later it shows him throwing a radio out of the window of a bar when she does complete the swim on her second try. Completely made up. The purpose of this was the demonize one of the male characters, which seem to be a consistent theme throughout. After she fails at her first try there is a scene where she's on her way home in some type of a s*** and she decides that she wants to take another shot at it so she literally pushes her luggage out of a porthole and then pushes her body out of the porthole and into the water where there is a waiting dinghy below for her. That did not happen also completely made up the fact is there is a year between her first and second attempt. I could go on but you get the gist. There is little attempt to accurately represent these events in the life of this female athlete. Appears to have an agenda and it's main purpose is to spread the message. So if that's your cup of tea you'll probably enjoy it. But keep in mind it's mostly b*******.
