| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"A pretty good movie about a great man. And not just for golfers." more... |
B- |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...amazingly, it engages your attention and even respect while trotting out every clubhouse cliche in the book." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...tells this story in a straightforward, calm way that works ideally as the chronicle of a man's life but perhaps less ideally as drama." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Rick Kogan |
"...this film has nothing whatsoever to recommend it." more... |
F |
| E! Online |
"Golf fans will dig the scenes on historical courses, but most will be better advised to drive themselves elsewhere." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Pete Croatto |
"...bland, uncontroversial, and utterly forgettable..." more... |
D+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck |
"An old-fashioned sports biopic that's as leisurely as a Sunday morning round of golf." more... |
B |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"...a sluggish meander..." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...lethally dull..." more... |
D |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...flat but not uninvolving..." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...Stroke of Genius captures just enough detail from the greatest sportsman you've never heard of to keep the historical drama interesting." more... |
B- |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...follows a standard biopic formula..." more... |
C+ |
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