Feb 10th   
The Boys in the Boat*  (12A)      
(Electric Palace, Harwich)     

(US 2023)       
MGM/Smokehouse/Spyglass Media Group. 124m. ws

An impoverished student joins the University of Washington junior rowing team, that becomes strong enough to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Well filmed sporting drama with most of the cliches firmly in place. A little more of the context of the period might have helped.

Written by: Mark L. Smith, from the book by Daniel James Brown.
Producers: Grant Heslov, George Clooney.
Director: George Clooney.
Starring: Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton, Peter Guinness, Jack Mulhern, James Wolk, Hadley Robinson, Alec Newman.
Photography: Martin Ruhe.
Music: Alexandre Desplat.
Editing: Tanya M. Swerling.

+ shot mostly in UK