The game is full of suspense, twists and turns. The characters are fascinating. The locations, sets and costume designs are all first-rate. The story is held back by the Disney formula, but is strong enough to overcome it.

| Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2014

The characters model some wonderful behavior for youngsters%u2014things like tolerance, restraint, persistence, good manners, and good sportsmanship. Things that, sadly, seem to have gone the way of knickers.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 16, 2009

I don't want to just take their word for it! Show me what was so special about this guy's game!!

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 12, 2009

Greatest Game succeeds because it has enough history and authenticity to please golf enthusiasts while maintaining enough heart and human drama to appeal to the rest.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 25, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2006

If you're not willing to stand in the rain during a major tournament, you're gonna get bored with these movies.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 21, 2006

[Director Bill] Paxton's narrative is confusing at first, but the film is entertaining overall.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 15, 2006

Better suspense than many sports movies, in spite of clichs and anachronisms

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 14, 2006

...the film is so well made, the acting so good, the period so well captured, and the photography so captivating that it's hard not to like it.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 4, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

The Longest Movie Ever Made.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 21, 2005

Despite the endless heart-tugging cliches and predictable storylines, Disney once again demonstrates its ability to push the right sentimental buttons in an underdog sports film.

| Original Score: B | Nov 13, 2005

Riddled with underdog cliches and embellishments, and lays the sentimentality on thick at every opportunity, making the emotional response feel more manipulated then genuine.

Full Review | Nov 9, 2005

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 22, 2005

More than any such movie I remember, The Greatest Game Ever Played celebrates the ideal of sportsmanship.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 13, 2005

The most visually and emotionally dynamic film ever made about a game of golf — perhaps the most visually and emotionally dynamic possible film about a game of golf.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 10, 2005

...the veteran British character actor is so good as Vardon I can't imagine another inhabiting the role so wonderfully. Dillane adds so many layers, so many idiosyncratic quirks, that the golfer comes to life the very first moment he takes the screen.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 8, 2005

As a film replay, The Greatest Game is hardly that, but it's at least a pretty good one.

| Oct 7, 2005

A great underdog film that is absolutely stolen by the 10 year old caddy played by Josh Flitter. If you don't love him, you have no soul.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 7, 2005

I'm going to bet that Bill Paxton loves golf. Because, despite his deftly directed "Frailty," "The Greatest Game Ever Played" rolls all over the place.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 7, 2005