I don't like sport but I do love a good sport's movie after my Sunday roast.
This has everything you would expect, down-trodden beautiful people who need to strive to win a game of sports.
This has a very traditional feel about it with a fairly standard hero and romantic interest which, bizarrely, felt quite refreshing.
The boys row the boat and get knocked down but then do better to some rousing music.
There really is nothing new here but the people making this film realised it and ran with it.
It is great to watch a film that isn't trying to be something it is not.
The costumes and sets are amazing and you get a real (although sanitised) feel for the time.
The story focuses on a few characters meaning other members of the crew fade into the background - but the main characters have enough to them to carry this along.
There is nothing to get excited, upset or hot under the collar here - just a good honest story.
I miss movies like this.
My only criticism is it felt a little long - but then that is what Sunday afternoons are all about.
