Clean-cut Disney documentary following the fortunes of 15 young and good looking sailors, plucked from their ordinary lives to train...
Clean-cut Disney documentary following the fortunes of 15 young and good looking sailors, plucked from their ordinary lives to train and compete in grueling open-ocean sailing competition the TRANSPAC. For all those involved it was their first real grown up adventure – and given that it involved a highly dangerous 2,300 mile race from LA to Hawaii against some of the best sailors in the world, while being filmed for an international film release, you’d imagine it will turn out to be their biggest too. Expect a sort of MTV Real World at sea.
The film has been directed and edited by Mark Monroe and Paul Crowder, known for their work on surfing doc Riding Giants and recent doco Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who.
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33 %33 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
50 %369 reviewsAudience score rating
"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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Variety
Variety"Like the disastrously overpopulated "Amazing Race: Family Edition," Morning Light never finds a way to make us care who wins."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"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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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"An old-fashioned doc about a sailboat race is well produced but lacks urgency and true insight"
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterMorning Light | Details
- Runtime
- 100
- Genre
- Documentary, Sport
- Country of origin
- USA
