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Top 20 of 2001
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile)
Jan 28, 2004
I never heard of "A Gentleman's Game" until I searched for Mason Gamble. I bet nobody has either. There was no trailer, no $75 million budget, and no legendary star in the film. However there is some things in this film that most lack today...class, intelligence, and realism.
Mason Gamble plays the 12 year old golf phenom Timmy Price, an upper-middle class boy who learns about golf, but most importantly, living as a respectable young man. So there is no 18th hole comeback, or any over-dramatized wins, but wins in life.
This is not the cliche boy crosses the bridge story either.
His father (Dylan Barker) has 2 sides, an arrogant man, and a really nice guy, just like real life. Timmy realizes that life has its ups and downs.
Gary Sinise plays a 1978 US Amateur Champion who turns into a hermit. Timmy wants to learn from him, but the once champion only gives him one lesson. "If you hit the ball too hard, you're going to fall." Instead of taking the champion's most prized possesion, Timmy helps the hermit to overturn a fault of his of 23 years.
Timmy befriends Jaime, a caddy who also hangs around the course a lot with Timmy. Timmy is one of the few who Jaime has told a dark secret about the course's owner. Also, he became attracted to Molly, a 15 year old girl who pulls off a bold move in front of Timmy. Timmy doesn't do what most movies would have him do with Molly. This film is stunningly artful and tasteful.
This movie was not marketed because it was a story about a 12 year old but the language is very realistic. That's too bad because this movie teaches a few good lessons about life.
Simply amazing and beautiful. Mason Gamble definitely executed Timmy's role. This should have had a theatrical release, however Hollywood once again blunders a class-act.
Three cheers for the flim's cast and crew. |
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