White Squall is a beautifully-shot coming of age story, with Jeff Bridges playing the charismatic captain Christopher B Sheldon who offers his teenage male crew the chance to live like upper yardsmen from the age of sail, developing physical fitness, self-reliance and inter-dependence on a blue-water cruise of adventure. It’s a film about how a team develops under leadership and at times it feels more like Dead Poets’ Society than Hornblower, though there are scenes that remind you of Lord of the Flies, and a courtroom ending that is as emotionally charged and well acted as that of A Few Good Men.
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