Honestly, if there was going to be a family murder, it would most likely be patricide, the resentment from son Joss McWilliam towards dad Nick Tate for openly favoring brother Colin Friels over him, and it's more than just simple favorites. It seems like general hatred. McWilliam could just never measure up, and when he decides that he's going to enter a Gold Coast Olympic like racing event (both on land and at sea), Tate openly pushes brother Friels to beat him, making McWilliams all the more determined. It's definitely going to be a sore sense of pride if he does because Tate was an also ran in the previous event.
Above average sporting drama, a modern day set "Chariots of Fire", in Australia, not England, with a good performance by Robyn Nevin as the mother whom Tate fears will leave him over his treatment of the less favored son, making Tate all the less sympathetic when he asks him to remain home rather than move to the city. So his son is nothing more than a convenience to him which adds to the sympathy he gets. Josephine Smulders gets some nice ballet scenes as McWilliam's girlfriend. The relationship between the two brothers remains strong, and the real triumph is the fact that McWilliam realizes that he doesn't need his father's approval for anything. Beautifully filmed and a nice triumph for the underdog.
Above average sporting drama, a modern day set "Chariots of Fire", in Australia, not England, with a good performance by Robyn Nevin as the mother whom Tate fears will leave him over his treatment of the less favored son, making Tate all the less sympathetic when he asks him to remain home rather than move to the city. So his son is nothing more than a convenience to him which adds to the sympathy he gets. Josephine Smulders gets some nice ballet scenes as McWilliam's girlfriend. The relationship between the two brothers remains strong, and the real triumph is the fact that McWilliam realizes that he doesn't need his father's approval for anything. Beautifully filmed and a nice triumph for the underdog.