Rotten
Another lusciously produced, emotionally clammy Redford enterprise -- forced, phony mythmaking filled with tinged sunsets and full moons.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
The Legend of Bagger Vance
It Was Just A Moment Ago.
2000 · 2h 6m · PG-13
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Robert Redford
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
Overview
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the form of mysterious caddy Bagger Vance.
Director and cast
- Robert Redford Director
- Matt Damon as Rannulph Junuh
- Will Smith as Bagger Vance
- Charlize Theron as Adele Invergordon
- Bruce McGill as Walter Hagen
- Joel Gretsch as Bobby Jones
- J. Michael Moncrief as Hardy Greaves
- Peter Gerety as Neskaloosa
- Wilbur Fitzgerald as Roy
- Lane Smith as Grantland Rice
- Jack Lemmon as Narrator (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Even if Bagger Vance weren't saddled with the year's most inept premise, Redford's direction would have destroyed it.
Christopher Kelly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Fresh
It offers pleasures of a kind that fewer and fewer films even seem to remember, much less aspire to.
Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Fresh
It should be noted that the movie works uncommonly well for what it is; what's aggravating is the lost opportunity.
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
The film is visually stunning. Its images will stay with you long after their meaning has vanished.
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
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