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Those boys looked kind of old for college


Most of the team looked closer to 30 instead of college age.

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They looked older than the senior crew which was hilarious. It wasn't a great movie, it was no Chariots of Fire. The protagonist was a personality vacuum, the score was bland and the less said about the Hitler scenes the better. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when he flounced off in a hissy fit when the USA won. It felt like a TV movie, very underwhelming.

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I agree with you. The main character was supposed to a damaged, dark and brooding character. I think Clooney's direction was sloppy and the music was uninspired. Was any of this picture shot in Seattle or Lake Washington? I never saw any mountains. Most of the rowing scenes looked like the same English river.

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