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| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: January 17, 1986 |
Starring:
Austin Willis, Christopher Plummer, Cynthia Dale, David Naughton, James B. Douglas, Melody Anderson, Nicolas Cage, Philip Craig, Sean Sullivan, Walter Massey
Summary:
Based on the life of Ned Hanlan, the late-19th century Canadian sculler and world champion. Hanlan was one of the first scullers to successfully utilize the "sliding seat."
Somehow The Boy in Blue, amiable enough, always feels like an "afternoon" movie -- a throwaway, not good enough to plan an evening around. [03 May 1986, p.9]
The insult begins with casting Cage, a patently American actor who makes no effort to Canadianize himself, as a Canadian legend: the role could have made a Canadian a star. It continues with races so sloppily edited the relative positions of the skiffs change dramatically during two-second reaction shots. [17 Jan 1986, p.C1]
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