Pretty and uninvolving

Rating: 7/10 (20 June 2003)

Well-filmed but stuffy version of acclaimed book about mystical caddy who assists has-been golfer in the match of his life. Similar alot to The Natural - scenery and characters are good (who would have thought D-Day would grow up to be Walter Hagen?), overall effect is stilted and almost gothic, and Vance's pearls of wisdom are unbelievably banal. No better than a wash.