True Spirit

2023
TV-PG
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

11K

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The story of Australian teenager, Jessica Watson, the youngest person ever to sail solo, non-stop around the world.

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The story of Australian teenager, Jessica Watson, the youngest person ever to sail solo nonstop around the world.The story of Australian teenager, Jessica Watson, the youngest person ever to sail solo nonstop around the world.The story of Australian teenager, Jessica Watson, the youngest person ever to sail solo nonstop around the world.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Trivia
Jessica Watson was allowed to keep the replica of her boat used for filming after production had completed.

Goofs
In the movie in rough weather Jessica is seen strapped to the bunk . Yachts do not use this system, they all use lee cloths . Which you see on the real boat at the end of the movie with real footage from the boat . Hint its red.

Quotes
Jessica Watson: There's strength in being yourself. You know, I think... that's as hard as climbing any mountain. You know, I think there's bravery in admitting that you're not okay.

Soundtracks
Walking on a Dream
Written by Luke Steele, Jonathan Sloan and Nick Littlemore (as Nicholas Littlemore)
Performed by Empire of the Sun
Courtesy of EMI Music Australia Pty Ltd/Astralwerks
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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Featured review

5/10

Nice story, good book, poor movie

The adventure is amazing, the book is a 7/10 (read it last year) and the movie is very disappointing.

As said, the main actress was more concerned with looking pretty and smiling, the music was awful, the soap opera vibe was everywhere, there was almost no real tension with all the situation...

Some parts are not in the book, were created to romanticize some scenes.

The best part of the movie is the ending with some real scenes of Jess arriving home.

Overall, I feel that the adventure itself was not explored as it should be. The loneliness, the sailing, the danger, her routine...

It was more like a teenager "you can do what you want" movie than an adventure movie.