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.
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
Overview
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
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63%
Tomatometer
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
Rotten
[An] overloaded movie.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Fresh
As sports movies go, it doesn't get more exciting than this.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
Fresh
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
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