Rather Slow

Rating: 4/10 (28 October 2003)

Can`t say I`m much of a golf fan . I think the problem I have with the game is that golfing clubs are run as cliques where the self appointed great and the good can sink a few drinks at the 19th hole and tell one another how wonderful it is to be at a watering hole where ethnic minorities or working class scum aren`t lowering the tone . I profoundly apologise if my perceived view of golf clubs is totally incorrect but this is the impression I`m left with , therefore I`ve no interest in the sport and with the exception of the classic comedy CADDYSHACK have little interest in movies that feature a golfing plot
I`d probably be misleading you if I said THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE was a golfing movie , yes a golfing comp between Bobby Jones and Walther Hagen features as the backdrop but this is more of a drama centering around a once promising golfer called Rannulph Junuh who after surviving the horrors of the great war now escapes his memories via booze . Robert Redford does his best with the material as do the cast , special mention should go to Will Smith who`s an absolute revelation in a straight role , but the problem with the film is that it seems badly told , it all seems to drag on and on and failed to hold my attention with the two hour running time feeling more than twice that