In the 1860s, a story of the founders of the game of Golf: Tom Morris (Peter Mullan) the Groundskeeper at St Andrews, Scotland and his son Tommy Jr (Jack Lowden). Father Tom is the architect of many golf courses in England, Wales and Scotland; and his son Tommy was winning tournaments since the age of 16 and became a Professional at 23-yrs of age and is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time even though it was only for a short time. Hard to believe? Well, you need to see this story. Then you will believe.
I suppose mostly golfers would be interested in this story as we don't hear or learn much about Tom Morris and son Tommy Jr. However, the love story that is contained in here is, I think, one of the very best I have ever seen in a movie. Hey, I fell in love with a very pretty Meg (Ophelia Lovibond) who Tommy married, and you will fall, too. Guaranteed.
Most of the beginning of the movie I kept saying this needs to be better done, Too many scenes went by so fast and I thought were interesting enough to explore or tell us more about the family. Didn't happen. And then there are the accents. Whew! Pay close attention as they sometimes talk into their chests or at a very rapid pace. Whew just doesn't get it.
That aside I was shocked at the courses themselves. They never had or heard of lawn mowers, I guess. The Putting Greens were rough lawn and they had to navigate the burly grass, tufts and the like. One would have thought they would have made at least a sand or some-such green. Didn't happen. There was a great use of the Stimie (a condition where your opponent's ball blocks your ball and the idea is to hit over his ball to the hole.) as no one marked their ball on the "green." The flag sticks were only about 3-foot high. No one had Tees. No, they put the ball on a dirt mound or caked snow (Yes, I said snow, they played in it too). Of course, wooden clubs were used and the caddy carried the sticks. Later Tommy found a quiver to hold the clubs, but we never saw it used once he discovered it. Pity.
But............yes, but when Tommy marries Meg, the movie becomes much better, clearer and now we are really enjoying all including the deep love between Tommy and Meg. I don't think I have ever seen such devotion between a man and a woman. Since I play golf, this story will always be with me and I will remember this for the rest of my life. You will see what I mean....................
Notable: Sam Neil plays a rich man and highly respected member of the St Andrews Golf Club for Men, and who looks down on everyone who isn't a Gentleman, and he did claim Tommy would never be a Gentleman; and Therese Bradley as Nancy, Tommy's mother.
Stay tuned to the end to see what happened to Tom Morris and his son Tommy Jr. their records and accomplishments. (10/10)
Violence: No. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No. Rating: A ( 21 November 2019)
I suppose mostly golfers would be interested in this story as we don't hear or learn much about Tom Morris and son Tommy Jr. However, the love story that is contained in here is, I think, one of the very best I have ever seen in a movie. Hey, I fell in love with a very pretty Meg (Ophelia Lovibond) who Tommy married, and you will fall, too. Guaranteed.
Most of the beginning of the movie I kept saying this needs to be better done, Too many scenes went by so fast and I thought were interesting enough to explore or tell us more about the family. Didn't happen. And then there are the accents. Whew! Pay close attention as they sometimes talk into their chests or at a very rapid pace. Whew just doesn't get it.
That aside I was shocked at the courses themselves. They never had or heard of lawn mowers, I guess. The Putting Greens were rough lawn and they had to navigate the burly grass, tufts and the like. One would have thought they would have made at least a sand or some-such green. Didn't happen. There was a great use of the Stimie (a condition where your opponent's ball blocks your ball and the idea is to hit over his ball to the hole.) as no one marked their ball on the "green." The flag sticks were only about 3-foot high. No one had Tees. No, they put the ball on a dirt mound or caked snow (Yes, I said snow, they played in it too). Of course, wooden clubs were used and the caddy carried the sticks. Later Tommy found a quiver to hold the clubs, but we never saw it used once he discovered it. Pity.
But............yes, but when Tommy marries Meg, the movie becomes much better, clearer and now we are really enjoying all including the deep love between Tommy and Meg. I don't think I have ever seen such devotion between a man and a woman. Since I play golf, this story will always be with me and I will remember this for the rest of my life. You will see what I mean....................
Notable: Sam Neil plays a rich man and highly respected member of the St Andrews Golf Club for Men, and who looks down on everyone who isn't a Gentleman, and he did claim Tommy would never be a Gentleman; and Therese Bradley as Nancy, Tommy's mother.
Stay tuned to the end to see what happened to Tom Morris and his son Tommy Jr. their records and accomplishments. (10/10)
Violence: No. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No. Rating: A ( 21 November 2019)