Golf in the Kingdom
Golf in The Kingdom | Release Date: July 29, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
13
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Overwhelming dislike based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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Mixed:
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30
VarietyRonnie ScheibJul 30, 2011
In this shoestring outing, Susan Streitfeld ("Female Perversions") opts for an unsettling mix of low-tech cinematic tricks and temporal reshufflings to simulate the process of enlightenment to sometimes laudable, usually ludicrous effect. Read full review
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The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJul 28, 2011
Everyone spouts nicely turned baloney elevating golf to the level of a religious experience, which grows tedious fairly quickly. The film almost works, though, if you view the whole thing as a very, very dry comedy. Read full review
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San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubDec 8, 2011
Don't invest too much in the word "Golf" at the beginning of the title. Golf in the Kingdom is arguably less of a sports movie than the first "Harry Potter." (At least someone won that game of quidditch ...) Read full review
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Slant MagazineChuck BowenJul 26, 2011
The film, for all its trite lessons, forgets that people mainly play golf because they enjoy it. Read full review
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Village VoiceNick SchagerJul 26, 2011
From the outset, Streitfeld hopscotches back and forth over her tale's 24 hours with a self-conscious aesthetic affectation (overlapping imagery, shifting camera speeds, elliptical edits) that demolishes any intelligible character or plot development, resulting in a story comprised of pretentious meditative fragments. Read full review
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