
14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.... (Full plot summary below)
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14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.
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| Moveable FestStephen SaitoRegardless of the young sailor's considerable nautical expertise, there is no such thing as smooth sailing on the trip Dekker is going on and watching her navigate those waters is a beautiful and exciting sight to behold. |
| Common Sense MediaBrian CostelloExcellent docu about teen sailor; some brief profanity. |
| Film.comDavid EhrlichAn instantly and enduringly compelling documentary. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasTo create something so epic while also maintaining itself as a small and intimate film is something that's difficult to accomplish. Somehow Schlesinger is able to pull off that feat. |
| Chicago ReaderBen SachsAt best this functions as a pleasant aquatic travelogue; at worst it validates a teenage girl's egotism. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisBefore our eyes, Laura’s lengthening limbs and deepening introspection become the point of a movie that begins with a child and ends with a young woman. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDirector Jillian Schlesinger’s documentary does a terrific job countering everyone’s assumptions. Maidentrip is a clear-eyed chronicle of Dekker’s record-breaking voyage. Think “All Is Lost,” but real, and with a teenage girl instead of Robert Redford (plus a very different ending). |
| Time OutKeith UhlichThe real beauty of Maidentrip is how it downplays the go-for-glory aspect of the tale (this adolescent mariner’s aim is to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world) to focus on more earthly matters like the isolation and loneliness of the voyage or the lingering effects of the divorce that irrevocably shaped Dekker’s life. |
| Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaA coming-of-age journey of self-realization, made immensely more involving by virtue of being seen through its subject's first-person perspective. |
| The PlaylistKatie WalshMaidentrip ends up being not necessarily about the amazing feat that Dekker accomplished, it’s about finding one’s true self, and enjoying the ride along the way. |