Young Woman and The Sea
The story of the record-making swimmer's successful 1926 crossing of the English Channel, offering insight into the significance of her accomplishment, the personal price she paid for her achievement, and her abrupt subsequent departure from the public eye.
- Released:
- Runtime: 129 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History
- Stars: Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Christopher Eccleston, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia, Jeanette Hain, Ethan Rouse, Sava Dragunchev, Robert Eades, Tessa Bonham Jones, Olive Elise Abercrombie, Lilly Aspell, Hyoie O'Grady, Trevor Van Uden, Brian Caspe, Velizar Binev, John Carew, Laila Barwick, Owen Davis, J.R. Esposito
- Director: Joachim Rønning
Comments
- jeremy-66040 - 14 June 2024
Title: A very good film but preferred Vindication Swim
I managed to catch Young Woman and the Sea during its cinema run and I have to say I thought it was a great film. Daisy Ridley was excellent as Trudy Ederle and really proved herself as a first rate actress in this film. The film itself felt like a rarity in today's landscape of overly CGI-d superheroes and sci-fis. This was a good old fashioned story, well told with great actors, nice cinematography and a strong script. That being said, I have to say that the British equivalent, an indie titled, Vindication Swim, was the better of the two Channel swimming films released this year. That one takes place a year after Trudy's swim and is based on the first British woman to swim the Channel, Mercedes Gleitze. I felt the swimming sequences were far more varied and visually spectacular in what I assume was a much lower budget film than this outing by Disney. Likewise I feel that story had more to it in terms of the struggle faced by its protagonist (interestingly both women are of German heritage and a good deal of the story is about them proving themselves to being American and British respectively). That being said Young Woman the and Sea is by no means a bad film. Far from it, it is actually excellent, especially in the rousing climactic sequence. I really do hope Disney continues to make films like this one. - chenp-54708 - 31 May 2024
Thin tales, but absolutely gorgeous vibes
A standard sports biographical story that is filled with cliches, yet, strives with strong waves with a wonderful performance from Daisy Ridley.
Sports biographical picks have become tame and shallow that its cliches and predictableness are apparently clear from the start. Despite this narrative about Gertrude Ederle being filled with Disney tropes and emotions, its solid atmosphere, gorgeous camerawork, musical score, and strong performances helped keep the tides high and waving with some intense swimming sequences and atmospheres explored. Including some solid strong directions on how its themes, emotions, and atmospheres were approached from filmmaker Joachim Rønning.
Ridley deserves a second chance as she is a pretty good actress, it's unfortunately how the latest Star Wars installment had done her dirty and overshadowed some of the good works she's been in. Nevertheless, a solid sports biographical pick is in the house and I'm happy to see Ridley is still being given opportunities to show her talents. Honestly, one of the better movies made by Disney recently.
