Yet another lame sports analogy by Robert Redford

Rating: 3/10 (20 October 2001)

Even more overrated as a director than he was as an actor, now that Redford is (mercifully for us) entering his declining years, it seems that he is desperately searching for some sort of zen-like philosophy to help him discover life's meaning. Whether for his own sake, or as something to pass on to us less-intellectuals to brighten up our drab existence, who can tell?
It's just sad that all Redford has to give us is lame sports analogies. At least with The Horse Whisperer there was some positive fallout -- a lot of idiotic horse owners will fall for the brain-dead techniques apparently espoused by Redford and his horse guru, and many of them (and their kids) will be killed when this "training" fails at a critical point. They lose....but the gene pool wins!
One can only guess where this boring series of sport-philosophy flicks by Redford will go, but I'm steeling myself for his next epic brain-expander about bowling or badminton.
Listen, Robert -- it IS possible to mix sports with mysticism and have it work. Field of Dreams proved that. But the idea gets a bit tired after the umpteenth iteration. Find something new or original.