I understand that an adaption can't include everything that the book does but this movie removed most of the heartwarming parts of the story.
Joe's upbringing is glossed over, which is pretty critical to understanding why he was the way he was. He acts like he can barely be bothered by Joyce when that is not the case in the book and she's an endless support to him through this time with rowing and with his family.
They also don't do a great job of truly showing the lifelong bonds that these guys made with each other because there's very few scenes of them outside of practice/competition.
You don't see any of what's happening in Germany at the time and it's a strength of the book that it shows you how far hitler went to hide what was going on in an effort to make Germany look dignified. They also completely remove the revelation that Bobby is jewish for some crazy reason???
It was just okay. They could have used the two hours way better.
Joe's upbringing is glossed over, which is pretty critical to understanding why he was the way he was. He acts like he can barely be bothered by Joyce when that is not the case in the book and she's an endless support to him through this time with rowing and with his family.
They also don't do a great job of truly showing the lifelong bonds that these guys made with each other because there's very few scenes of them outside of practice/competition.
You don't see any of what's happening in Germany at the time and it's a strength of the book that it shows you how far hitler went to hide what was going on in an effort to make Germany look dignified. They also completely remove the revelation that Bobby is jewish for some crazy reason???
It was just okay. They could have used the two hours way better.