George Clooney’s ‘The Boys in the Boat’ Is Velveeta-Grade Cheesy

CINDERELLA STORY

Clooney’s return to the director’s chair is as conventional as based-on-a-true-story sports sagas come, which will delight fans of such inspirational films—and exasperate others.

Sam Strike, Thomas Elms, Joel Phillimore, Tom Varey, Wil Coban, Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Callum Turner, Jack Mulhern and Luke Slattery in The Boys In The Boat.
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