Review of Maiden (2019) by Shermy — 26 Oct 2019
Terrific story about a very exciting event and an extremely capable woman, but the movie just seemed to me like a boring collection of fuzzy at-sea short takes, and Twitter length interviews. Almost like a puff piece for Tracy Edwards. When her boat finished the race at Southampton, accompanied by a huge flotilla of fans, I assumed she did quite well in the race. In fact she finished 18th out of the 21 boats that finished the race, and about 40 days behind the raw time winner. The movie gave the impression that throughout the race Maiden was contending for the lead. All the other boats were treated like chopped liver. (Not a spoiler because the movie never goes into this, but Wikipedia does.).
Even as a documentary, there should be a better way to present an exciting sea story other than a collection bland eye witness comments by a middle aged group of nice people.
This review of Maiden (2019) was written by Shermy on 26 Oct 2019.
Maiden has generally received very positive reviews.
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