Director: Matt Russell
Starring: Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, Melissa Leo, Deborah Ann Woll
Running Time: 98 minutes
Synopsis: In Texas, amateur golfer Luke Chisholm (Lucas Black) has a meltdown in a qualifying tournament, damaging his professional prospects. Distressed and distracted, he crashes his car near the tiny community of Utopia. There he meets grizzled rancher and retired golfer Johnny Crawford (Robert Duvall), as well as local girl Sarah (Deborah Ann Woll). As they wait for the car to be repaired, Johnny works with Luke for seven days to improve his golf game.
What Works Well: Robert Duvall is almost able to save a few scenes through his effortless presence.
What Does Not Work As Well: This is an adult version of The Karate Kid as filtered through the Bible. Lucas Black at 28-years-old is unconvincing as a fresh-faced aspiring pro golfer, and Melissa Leo is wasted in a nothing role. The faith-saves-all hokey plot points include Luke improving his mental game by spending one day painting, one day fly fishing, one day playing a version of horseshoes, and one night avoiding a charging bull while hanging on to a folding chair. It's as as bad as it sounds, and all before the villain of the piece (Luke's father) undergoes a remarkable transformation and helps his son in the corniest of tournament showdown endings.
Key Quote:
Johnny: You don't choose the game, it chooses you.
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