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United Kingdom · 2019
Rated PG · 1h 33m
Director Alex Holmes
Starring Tracy Edwards
Genre Documentary
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Sexism proves as formidable as the open ocean in this moving portrait of courage and resilience. Director Alex Holmes chronicles the unprecedented journey of 24-year-old Tracy Edwards and the first all-female sailing crew to enter the nine-month Whitbread Round the World Race.
The Hollywood Reporter by Caryn James
Mixing archival material and fresh interviews with Edwards and her crewmembers, Holmes creates an engaging, suspenseful story with layers of social resonance. Maiden is gripping and effective even if — maybe especially if — you have absolutely no interest in sailing.
Instructive, insightful and inspiring, Maiden is a rousingly riveting record of a remarkable accomplishment that says as much about British bloody-mindedness as it does about feminist fortitude and underdog pluck.
Shattering a glass ceiling has rarely been more engrossing — or grueling — than it is in Maiden.
The Playlist by Jonathan Christian
Maiden simultaneously functions as a timeless ode to passion and a reflective account of a fascinating highpoint in the history of women’s involvement in the sports industry.
While Maiden is satisfying on its own, it’s tailor-made for a remake that can dive deeper into a story that has so much life left in it.
The New York Times by Manohla Dargis
A sleek, exhilarating documentary.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
At all events, it pays due homage to Edwards as a courageous pioneer.
As an object lesson in leadership, Maiden is compelling, but its flashbacks to a less enlightened time in sport are the biggest showstoppers – and jaw-droppers.
Edwards comes off as salty but sentimental, remembering the support she got from the crew and that the crew got from the world’s ports as they dashed from stop to stop — Uruguay, Australia, Auckland and Fort Lauderdale among them.
Director Alex Holmes ultimately takes a frustratingly simplistic approach to his thematically rich material.
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