A Prelude to A Rivers Run Through It

Rating: 7/10 (22 January 2019)

18 September 2006. In this nice run up to Redford's "A River Runs Through It," (1992) this movie has some brilliant flashes of cinematography and photography that would become Redford's classic environmental essence found in the fly fishing movie two years later. Unfortunately, this golf movie is burdened by an unnecessary character in the form of a small boy who apparently narrates the movie in a voice-over as a old man flashback (played by Jack Lemmon). The focus on the essential characters was deluded and even the focus on the essence of golf sent off course abit by the use of this technique. The movie might have been more effective had like in Titanic (1997), the narrative have come from one of the main characters such as Adele (played by Charlize Theron) in her old age. There is a fascinating, quiet scene on the golf course with only the sound of birds and the crisp air that brings the pleasure and nature of golf closer to the audience than any narrative or dialogue or even acting performance. Unfortunately, the movie was cut short by the inclusion of the additional character. Seven out of Ten Stars.