Wind Reviews

Good film if you are interested in sailing or aerodynamics. If not - it would not have enough sub-plot to keep you watching.

Not the greatest film ever

There's no denying this is cheesy American flag-waving twaddle, but if you can take all the patriotism with a pinch of irony, it is quite enjoyable. The footage of the yacht racing is nothing short of spectacular, and more than makes up for the lack writing and acting.

Basically this film is to sailing what point break is to surfing and top gun is to...er..flying fighter-jets? But if you don't like sailing I wouldn't bother.

Terrific

If you like sailing this is a must. I thought the filming in this was tremendous-something extremely difficult to do with yachts racing.Story line a bit week (the romantic stuff) but highly recommended

25.2.06

Not a weepy but a very good romance as well as full of action and interesting scenes of what its really like out on these races.

Excellent movie

Can't beleive I haven't seen this film before now. Thoroughly enjoyed this..but then I love sailing!

Customer Review

This is a film about sailing. About winning the Americas Cup to be precise. A sailing trophy. I rented it because I like films set on the oceans...so long as no-one dies.

Surprisingly my favourite parts of the film were the scenes set in the desert in Nevada where the female lead lives in some kind of bohemian community based around aeronautical engineering. I think that had something to do with the fact that a really good actor played the part of the lead aeronautics engineer out there. But all the leads played excellent characters really. Something about this film made all the leading actors look beautiful. To me anyway. I enjoyed the fact that they all played talented, creative characters.

It must be hard for actors to act around people who are not acting. When the film first started I thought the romance between the two main characters was too cloying and soppy. But that meant I didn't mourn their breaking up later on. And without the romance the film was able to get going and became a lot more interesting. But generally it's a very slow moving film.