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Movie Info

Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

September 30, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Bill Paxton

Starring :

Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Peter Firth, Elias Koteas, Peyton List, Joshua Flitter

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..scrambles for feel-good gentility when it might have benefited from a tougher, deeper examination of the rules of the game...”
by Fernando F. Croce [Slant Magazine]
“..Paxton has fashioned solid family entertainment in this well-cast feature..”
by Sheri Linden [The Hollywood Reporter]
“..is surprisingly easy to sit through...”
by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly]
7 of 10

“..good for some light entertainment, but there's not much memorable about it..”
by Scott Chitwood [Comingsoon]
4.5 of 5

“..by far the most inspirational sports movie to come along in many a month...”
by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
3.5 of 4

“..beautifully rendered, highly satisfying..”
by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
3 of 5

“..an overlong fairy tale so loaded with fantasy gimmicks that the game itself often gets lost in the contrivances...”
by David Germain [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
3 of 4

“..an old-fashioned Disney melodrama that should have audiences cheering once again for the underdog...”
by John Monaghan [Detroit Free Press]
2.5 of 5

“..an inert family golf movie...”
by Gregory Kirschling [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 4

“..a surefire crowd pleaser...”
by Brooke Holgerson [The Boston Phoenix]
3 of 4

“..a solid choice for family viewing, but is equally worthy of viewing by solo adults...”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3.5 of 4

“..a crowd-pleasing winner...”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Alexis Tuminello [The Cinema Source]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Kit Bowen [Hollywood]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
3 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Wade Major [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Kimberley Jones [Austin Chronicle]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by John Anderson [Newsday]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Paul Doro [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Robert K. Elder [Chicago Tribune]
Reviewed by Ron Yamauchi [Georgia Straight]

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