Kon-Tiki

It lacks the fire and eccentricity that we want from our stories of adventurers driven by obsessions that could be seen as egotistical or just plain bonkers.

A sort of grown-up version of a boys' adventure tale...most travelers will be happy to disembark when the credits roll.

Technically superb and made chronologically to capture the verity of men growing beards and scars and deep tans when spending over 100 days at sea

Much of the exposition is fascinating, although the execution is surprisingly rigid with the plot's natural crescendos failing to peak and our emotions never stretched