October 29, 2021 | PG-13 | 1h 59min The collegiate rowing movie “Heart of Champions,” currently in movie theaters, got destroyed immediately on Rotten Tomatoes by critics. It’s a ridiculous skew: Critics: 18 percent, the People: 90 percent. Critics tend to be allergic to formulaic sports dramas with clichéd character types, such as heroes carrying secret burdens that need healing, or obstacles that need overcoming, in order to win the big game and show character growth. I’m more, “So what?” about this. The notion that “new and innovative” be synonymous with “good” when it comes to story-telling is overrated. There’s a reason that young children want to hear “Little Red Riding Hood” 800 times and will correct your reading if you get one word of it wrong. So in terms of sports movies, the question of “Is it new and improved?” is much less important than “Is it boring?” I …
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