Unexpected: Clooney Puts Out Patriotic, Unifying Film for Holidays – ‘Boys in the Boat’ a Winner
Score a win for the George Clooney-directed film “The Boys in the Boat,” which premiered Christmas Day.
Many in the audience I watched it with in Phoenix, Arizona, applauded at the end because the movie was so good. And I was one of them.
The film scored an “A” CinemaScore rating, while it got an audience score of 96 percent on the website Rotten Tomatoes. In other words, ordinary viewers thought it was great.
By contrast, Rotten Tomatoes’ critics scored it at 57 percent.
“The Boys in the Boat” has the same patriotic vibe as last year’s top domestic box office film “Top Gun: Maverick.”
It’s about a Depression-era eight-man crew team at the University of Washington that wins a spot in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
