Kevin Costner and Rene Russo are the love story luckless golfer and Psycho Shrink who together produce a lot of laughs. When a movie opens in Texas with an armadiller, then you know something is up. Great supporting role here by Cheech Marin as the unappreciated caddy. and Don Johnson as David Simms, the rival for Russo. There's lots of cameos by PGA golfers and NBC announcers and all are worked into the film very well.
There's plenty to appreciate in this film, but I would rewrite the ending. Instead of having Roy McAvoy(Costner) falling short on in the water his first shot on 18, I would have had the first shot make the green and roll back into the water. The drama would have been better that way and the first shot in the water was not necessary.(It had already been done three times).
Taking that into account, the main reason I do not rate this movie a little better is that the ending is too long. It is not good to the last ball. Other than the ending, the film does move along at a good pace and the laughs and love are seemingly real. The cast has a good chemistry and Ron Shelton who also directed Bull Durham is right at home here in this sports comedy genre. This comes close to taking the Bull out of golf. Then again, it really could have used just a little more humor. Still, the movie does have some heart, and Texas animal red neck humor. No Bull here, except for the ending.
There's plenty to appreciate in this film, but I would rewrite the ending. Instead of having Roy McAvoy(Costner) falling short on in the water his first shot on 18, I would have had the first shot make the green and roll back into the water. The drama would have been better that way and the first shot in the water was not necessary.(It had already been done three times).
Taking that into account, the main reason I do not rate this movie a little better is that the ending is too long. It is not good to the last ball. Other than the ending, the film does move along at a good pace and the laughs and love are seemingly real. The cast has a good chemistry and Ron Shelton who also directed Bull Durham is right at home here in this sports comedy genre. This comes close to taking the Bull out of golf. Then again, it really could have used just a little more humor. Still, the movie does have some heart, and Texas animal red neck humor. No Bull here, except for the ending.