Fresh
You don't need to like golf to like -- perhaps even to love -- The Short Game.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
The Short Game
They are some of the greatest golfers in the world. And they are 7 years old.
2013 · 1h 40m · PG
Documentary
Directed by
Josh Greenbaum
Overview
Each year, the world’s best 7 year-old golfers descend on Pinehurst, North Carolina to compete in the World Championships of Junior Golf. The Short Game follows eight of these very young athletes on their quest to become the sport’s next phenom.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[The Short Game] finds the most entertaining angle on one of the world's dullest sports.
Peter Debruge, Variety
Fresh
On a cuteness scale -- where 10 is a fuzzy kitten yawning in a hammock -- the chattily uninhibited 7- and 8-year-old golfers of The Short Game score high.
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times
Fresh
Like its half-pint stars, The Short Game stands on the cusp of brilliance.
Scott Bowles, USA Today
Fresh
What Greenbaum captures is compelling, and occasionally uncomfortable to watch.
Michael Whitmer, Boston Globe
More films
Invisible Nation
Invisible Nation (2006)
Documentary · Music
A documentary about vivid punk and alternative rock scene of Subotica, the northernmost Serbian city, through the periods of communism, tyranny of the 1990s regime, and economic transition at the beginning of XXI century. Seen through the eyes of its witnesses, these musicians and creative artists deliberately refused the imposed way o...
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Director
- Darko Kovačević
- Cast
- Dragan Jakovčević, Mirko Stojiljkov 'Mirčez', Damir Pavić 'Septic'
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar (1995)
Documentary · Music · N/A
This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie sensation through his meteoric rise to international celebrity with Norman Granz and the ground-breaking Jazz at the Philharmonic and beyond. In this award-winning autobiographical portrait, l...
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Cast
- Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis
IMDb
7.0
Rainier: The Mountain (1999)
Documentary
In this retrospective tribute, acclaimed filmmaker Jean Walkinshaw hails the 100th anniversary of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington by talking to those who know it best: the scientists, naturalists, mountain climbers and artists whose lives have been touched by the peak's far-reaching shadow. The result is a harmonious blend of...
- Runtime
- 56m
- Cast
- Suzy Hunt
Dani Lary : Le magicien de l'impossible ! (2006)
Documentary
- Cast
- Dani Lary
No Maps on My Taps (1979)
Documentary · N/A
The remarkable spirit of tap dancers and their history provides a joyous backdrop for intimate portraits of hoofers Sandman Sims, Chuck Green, and Bunny Briggs.
- Runtime
- 58m
IMDb
7.8
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
IMDb
4.2
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
IMDb
4.5
Comments
Talk about the film with other members