he plays donald crow hurst, truelove eccentric from devon. he —— donald crow hurst.ld delhi are about to enter around the world yacht race. he has a happy marriage with rachel weisz and kids and he decides to do this in an ealing spirit of the little man taking on the world he is getting sponsorship from a local car dealer played by ken stott and getting sponsorship from tinned soup firms and rom firms, and then he sets sail up and rom firms, and then he sets sail up off on his race and it becomes a totally different movie. it becomes profound and moving and mystical and perplexing. why is this man taking on this challenge. it is a true life tales so i do not want to tell people what happened even though they can look it up and find out, but what happens is extremely strange. the film struggles to take that on board. colin firth does some of the best acting in years. it might be something to do with the water. it brings the best out of colin. fascinating. it is a film of two halves. david thewlis is good. rachel weisz does not have much to do apart from answer the ph