Golf Pro. Love Amateur.
A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
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Classical in form, resolved, warm and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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“Is this Ron Shelton's best work?”
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“Is Kevin Costner the best thing in Tin Cup?”
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“Is Tin Cup too gentle for its own good?”
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jun 20208/10
Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them. Directed by Ron Shelton and starring Kevin Costner, Rene Russo and Don Johnson, Tin Cup is the golf rom-com sports movie that even none golf fans (me) can enjoy. Costner is a washed up ex pro golfer who upon happening upon Russo's - eager to please her golfer boyfriend (Johnson) - psychiatrist, finds a new lease of life for the sport and for potential romance. But first he has to deal with the cocky nemesis that is Johnson's star laden showy golfer. The sports based movie is a tough nut to crack, the margins for narrative worth are thin, there's only so much one can take such a genre to. Here we have one of the staples of said genre, that of a washed up sportsman getting a second shot at glory. It really should have been a bore to rival that of the sport in reality (sorry golfers, I just don't get it), yet Shelton, backed by superb lead actors, creates a thoroughly charming, exciting and thoughtful sports rom-com. The characterisations are white hot, people you can easily root for, or in the case of Johnson's David Simms, boo and hiss at. It is testament to the director and writers (Shelton and John Norv
Read the whole review on TMDB - GenerationofSwineon TMDB · Jan 202310/10
How do you make a movie about golf fun? You write it like a movie about baseball. Costner is like the ultimate sports movie star isn't he? Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, For the Love of the Game, that football one I didn't see... and this. It's hysterical, it's written almost as if the people involved wanted to do a story about a batter with the yips, and instead decided to make just a little more original and do the story about golf instead. Either way it's watchable with a lead cast and a supporting cast that pull off dead pan hysterical very well.
Read the whole review on TMDB - JPV852on TMDB · Apr 20207/10
Nice sports-rom-com that works thanks to the chemistry between Costner and Russo (and generally she's great against any male lead) and there are some good sports moments, even if it is golf. A bit on the lengthy side at over two hours but still an entertaining enough flick. **3.5/5**
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Cast
- Kevin CostnerRoy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy
- Rene RussoDr. Molly Griswold
- Don JohnsonDavid Simms
- Cheech MarinRomeo Posar
- Linda HartDoreen
- Dennis BurkleyEarl
- Rex LinnDewey
- Lou MyersClint
- Richard LinebackCurt
- George PerezJose
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- Ron SheltonDirector
- Ron SheltonScreenplay
- John NorvilleScreenplay
- Russell BoydDirector of Photography
- William RossOriginal Music Composer
- Paul SeydorEditor
- Kimberly RayEditor
- Gary FosterProducer
- David V. LesterProducer
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