Stumbled upon the dvd of the film and had no idea what it was about. Just chucked it in the DVD player, and was pleasantly surprised!
The harrowing racism shown in movie is soul shaking, but what's heartwarming is the determination of the lead charecter to succeed.
The dyanamic between the diving instructor and his student is well enacted. We have both of them nurturing and developing each other.
The final scene will give you a very uplifting feeling as well.
Men of Honor is a bit long, but biopics of the level of intricacy of this story are bound to be long anyways. Just give it a watch and I'm sure all the performances will blow you away.