Tin Cup (1996)
69 %
Reviews Counted: 48 Fresh: 33 Rotten:15 Average Rating: 6.5/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Synopsis: At one time, Roy McAvoy coulda been a contender in a major golf tournament. Now, the ambition-free McAvoy runs a failing, armadillo-infested golf range. When sexy psychiatrist Molly Griswold comes to Roy for lessons, he's immediately smitten with her. But the ne'er-do-well realizes that... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin
Director: Ron Shelton
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The dialogue and characters are convincing and intelligently developed. Russo wears vulnerability and neediness like a second skin, while Costner plays the tragic hero with considerable charm.
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08/05/08
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As he always does in comedy, Costner grants an irresistible gleam of gallantry to male mulishness.
08/05/08
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You can almost feel writer-director Ron Shelton praying for lightning to strike twice, but to no avail.
08/05/08
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The climactic game, in which Roy, in a way that defies prediction, attempts to sink the shot of his life, is the most rousing sequence of the year, a celebration of what it really means to win.
08/05/08
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Amiable and constantly amusing rather than uproarious, this mangy tale of a ne'er-do-well's fitful assault on personal and professional respectability benefits greatly from Kevin Costner's ingratiatingly comic star turn.
08/05/08
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What makes Tin Cup such an unabashed pleasure is Shelton's care in writing and developing interesting characters.
10/08/05
Shelton resurrects the likable Costner of "Bull Durham" in this genial golf comedy.
09/29/05
All the golf action and happy "feel-good" emotions that audiences expect (and want) but... without following the traditional sports movie conventions.
12/10/04
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