Tin Cup
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: August 16, 1996 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3
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91
Entertainment WeeklyStaff (Not credited)
Has a genial, funky charm. Read full review
88
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
Shelton has a talent for using the specific to illustrate the universal. Avowed baseball haters loved "Bull Durham." And if watching golf sounds like an excellent insomnia cure, you will probably still enjoy Tin Cup. Read full review
80
EmpireMark Salisbury
Shelton keeps the humour straight down the middle and, just like "Bull Durham" before it, uses the rituals and metaphors of sport to relate the complexities of love and relationships. Read full review
80
TimeRichard Schickel
Rene Russo is both knowing and vulnerable, proving beyond a doubt that she is modern Hollywood's one true heiress to the screwball tradition. [19 August 1996, p.68]
80
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Bright, stylish, ridiculously alluring. Read full review
80
Washington PostHal Hinson
Sexy, slap-happy links comedy. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
The climax also comes with a nifty little kicker. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Well written. The dialogue is smart and fresh. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
This movie ranks as better-than-par entertainment. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
Accomplishes the impossible, maybe the unimaginable -- it makes golf entertaining. Read full review
75
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
Costner and Russo show they're up to par. [16 August 1996, p.D1]
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Amiable and constantly amusing rather than uproarious, this mangy tale of a ne'er-do-well's fitful assault on personal and professional respectability benefits greatly from Kevin Costner's ingratiatingly comic star turn, his most appealing work in years. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Tin Cup works for viewers of any handicap. Read full review
60
NewsweekDavid Ansen
The good news about the amiable but only partly satisfying Tin Cup is that it frees Kevin Costner from playing a monument and restores to us the loose, sparkling comic actor he used to be. [19 August 1996, p.66]
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
You can almost feel writer-director Ron Shelton praying for lightning to strike twice, but to no avail. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Squanders an appealing performance from Costner. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Ron Shelton's romantic comedy has no more visual excitement than a televised golf tournament, but the climax is truly surprising, and there's solid acting by Don Johnson and Cheech Marin. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleHollis Chacona
If you've got money to waste and enjoy pain, go ahead and see this movie. Or just play a round of golf. Six of one… Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
I can think of only one bit of Tin Cup that's beautiful, imaginative, and different, and it lasts for only a few seconds: a speech delivered by Russo, before her character is transformed into the standard-issue cheerleader, is broken into fragments by jump cuts. Read full review
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