Perhaps a bit below "The Duke", which came out at the same time, but it seems that it is because the budget for this film seemed significantly lower. But yet another very enjoyable British comedy.
Mark Rylance knocks it out of the park - a hole in one if you will - in this charming, funny, and sometimes emotional true story.
Well that was a lovely film and an inspiring guy with a great true story, all cast were great, over all hole in one. P.S barrow in Furness is my home town XD
Enjoyable and heartwarming movie with a few laughs
Loved the movie, quite funny with some real heartwarming moments throughout. Some sequences felt a bit out of place to me (the dreams mostly) but this is a movie I will readily recommend to anyone.
LOVED this movie... low-key with some laughs.
I was in Scotland in 1976 and don't remember anything about this even though I'm into golf!
Good soundtrack too.
Must watch
10/10
This movie kind of reminded me of Operation Mincemeat in that we have a story that - by itself - is really interesting. The problem is that neither had enough meat to make it worthy of a full-length Hollywood movie. This movie felt like it might have been better suited for an 8 minute piece on a show like "Mysteries at the Museum". Despite the actor's best efforts (and they really were fantastic) this one was a bit of a snoozer.
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Much more heartfelt than expected - pleasingly so!
'The Phantom of the Open' is a very sweet film, with Mark Rylance being the absolutely perfect lead for it - great performance from him! I also enjoyed the humour, with many lines amusing me - including one that was lost in translation...
It's a great (based on a true) story, one I had somehow never heard of even as a sports (golf much less so, admittedly) fan; I did slightly recognise the name Maurice Flitcroft though. Even if you don't follow golf, it definitely works as a standalone thing and it doesn't heavily focus on the sport anyway; much more to it.
Pretty neat to see Craig Roberts direct (his third, but first I've seen) this - I remember watching him act in TV's 'The Story of Tracy Beaker' when I was a kid. Well in, Rio Wellard!