Rotten
Supporting bits, like the saintly love interest played by Deborah Ann Woll, function more as archetypes than flesh-and-blood characters in a lively story.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Seven Days in Utopia
Life is never the same once you've been to Utopia.
2011 · 1h 38m · G
Drama
Directed by
Matt Russell
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Seven Days in Utopia
Overview
Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.
Director and cast
- Matt Russell Director
- Robert Duvall as Johnny Crawford
- Lucas Black as Luke Chisholm
- Melissa Leo as Lily
- Deborah Ann Woll as Sarah
- Brian Geraghty as Jake
- Joseph Lyle Taylor as Martin Chisholm
- Jerry Ferrara as Joe Buckner
- K.J. Choi as Tae Kwon Oh
- Kathy Baker as Mabel
- Sarah Jayne Jensen as Maggie Swanson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
23%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Seven Days in Utopia, of course, like most sports movies with higher aspirations, tries to position itself as more than a sports movie. And lo and behold, it is -- sort of.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
At least watching Black fish, paint and pilot an airplane is less boring than golf.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten
Russell's spoon-feeding of motivational nuggets turns to full-blown shoveling in the film's final minutes...
Sean O'Connell, Washington Post
Rotten
Like a cliche tent at the State Fair, with lessons in oil painting, fly-fishing and church to help us all find our center.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
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