5.7 Score

2021 • 1h 59min • PG-13 • Drama

Heart of Champions

"Talent wins races. Courage creates champions."

During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team.

IMDb 5.9

RT 31%

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Michael Mailer

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Vojin Gjaja

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Michael Shannon

Jack Murphy

Alexander Ludwig

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Charles Melton

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Alex MacNicoll

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Andrew Creer

Ash Santos

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Lilly Krug

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Caroline Cole

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