![]() ![]() “I don’t think your coming here was an accident," Johnny tells Luke. Coincidence? Only for those who don’t believe that God works in mysterious ways. ![]() “Megan had twins last week.”Īs it turns out, Johnny is more than a rancher-he’s a former pro golfer with his very own set of links way out there in the middle of the Texas Hill Country. “Town” being Utopia, Texas, population 373. He’s picked up by local rancher Johnny ( Robert Duvall, Crazy Heart) who takes him into town. Speeding away from the scene of the accident, as it were, Luke finds himself sidelined by another accident-this one involving a bull, a fence, and his car. Crumbling under the weight of his father’s expectations, Luke has the sort of meltdown destined to make the highlight reels of every network on the planet and become an instant YouTube sensation. Rookie pro golfer Luke Chisolm ( Lucas Black, Get Low) was on the verge of going big time when he crashed and burned at a tournament. Davis, Robert A.Actors: Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, Deborah Ann Woll, Brad Geraghty, Melissa Leo, Kathy Baker Cook, Jess Stainbrook, Joseph Coors Jr., Ray C. Mathis, Jason Michael BermanĮxecutive producers: David L. Cook, Rob Levine, Matthew Dean Russell, Sandra Thrift, based on the novel “Golf’s Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia” by David L. But his evident affinity for the material gradually overcomes the programmatic point-making of the storytelling (four writers are credited on the script), allowing the film to eventually find its way and retain its purity of intent.Ĭast: Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, Melissa Leo, Deborah Ann Woll, Brian Geraghty, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Jerry Ferrara, K.J. Matthew Dean Russell, a veteran visual effects hand, overshoots, overcuts and simply tries to hard, especially in the beginning. Baker and Melissa Leo, as the waitress’ mom, are not asked to exhibit a fraction of their talent, but they further class the joint up. Duvall can play an avuncular cowboy sage in his sleep, but there’s truly no one on Earth you’d rather see dishing out homespun aphorisms, so it’s pointless to resist the pleasure of watching him do what he can do better than anyone else. Choi), prompting the playoff.īlack looks pretty good swinging the clubs and, once he shakes off Luke’s residual bitterness, opens his characterization up with humor and ready accessibility. Lessons learned, Luke enters the Texas Open and stuns the golfing world by tying the top player (real-life pro K.J. And, oh yes, the waitress is learning to be a horse whisperer, so material for a sequel is there if warranted. Under Johnny’s tutelage, it’s all as easy as pie in one short week, Luke not only gets his game back but is inspired by example to quit drinking and is shown the way to the Lord in the bargain. ![]() Like some zen master, former golfer Johnny, who has his own private course, uses unorthodox means to get Luke to relearn the sport from square one, from finding a new grip through inner conviction to discovering how to snatch victory from certain defeat by taking Luke up in a small plane, cutting out the motor and having him figure out how to glide to safety. Ensconced in a deluxe cabin, waited on hand-and-foot by the lady of the house ( Kathy Baker) and immediately admired up and down by the lovely red-haired waitress ( Deborah Ann Woll) at the picture-perfect town cafe, Luke couldn’t be blamed for thinking he might have died and gone to heaven.
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