A sweet-natured, prettily photographed and at times genuinely exciting drama, bogged down by some thinly written characters and syrupy music.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
30 Sep 2005
fresh:
As sports movies go, it doesn't get more exciting than this.
– Susan Walker,
Toronto Star,
30 Sep 2005
rotten:
[An] overloaded movie.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
30 Sep 2005
rotten:
I know it's all about how well they construct the journey, but I just kind of felt like, okay, we know exactly what's going to happen here.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
3 Oct 2005
rotten:
Ouimet versus Vardon probably was the greatest golf game ever played, and Paxton and Frost do it justice, but I wouldn't sit through another simulated hole of it for Tiger Woods's salary.