The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

Release date: 2005-09-30
Country: USA|Canada
Language: English
Director: Bill Paxton
Production Co: Fairway Films, Walt Disney Pictures, Mel's Cite du Cinema
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Rating: 7.4/10
Length: 2h

Storyline

Near the turn of the twentieth century, young Harry Vardon becomes a champion golfer but learns that his amazing skill is no match for the class boundaries that exclude him from "gentlemanly" English society. A dozen years later, a young American, Francis Ouimet, fights against the same prejudice, as well as his own father's disdain, for a chance to participate in the U.S. Open against his idol -- Harry Vardon. The struggles of both men for acceptance provides the background for an amazing contest of skills.

Plot Keywords

champion, based on true story, 1910s, golf, massachusetts, tournament, underdog, golf club, heavy rain, mother son relationship, rags to riches, reporter, salesman, golf course, golf ball, father son relationship, englishman abroad, cgi, barroom brawl, audio flashback

Short Review

Ouimet versus Vardon probably was the greatest golf game ever played, and Paxton and Frost do it justice, but I wouldn't sit through another simulated hole of it for Tiger Woods's salary.