Telling a remarkable true story, new uplifting sports drama The Boys in the Boat transports us to the '30s, when America is still reeling from the effects of The Great Depression. In a desperate attempt to earn some cash, young University of Washington student Joe Rantz (Callum Turner) joins a rowing crew after hearing that making the team means regular income.
Adapting Daniel James Brown's non-fiction book of the same name, the film follows the team of working-class athletes as they go from competing in local university tournaments to winning gold at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. That event, of course, was hosted by Adolf Hitler, who had become Führer of Germany only two years prior.
