Tin Cup

R 6.4
1996 2 hr 15 min Comedy , Romance

A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

  • Cast:
    Kevin Costner , Rene Russo , Don Johnson , Cheech Marin , Linda Hart , Dennis Burkley , Rex Linn

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Reviews

InformationRap
1996/08/16

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Humaira Grant
1996/08/17

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Rosie Searle
1996/08/18

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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Kimball
1996/08/19

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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Lars Lendale
1996/08/20

I see all these reviews and I keep falling on "Bull Durham". Like this movie was supposed to join the level of Bull Durham. Listen, it's not going to happen. It would be like finding a better baseball player than Babe Ruth...you can't. Finding a better basketball player than Michael Jordan...you can't. The poetry, the philosophy, the wisdom, the level of insight, the humor, the romance, the climax, the ability to stretch a movie without a story and still captivate the viewer, Bull Durham's a masterpiece and it will never be topped again. Starting with the beginning, the references to baseball, you feel the thrills of the sport and then the number of great lines "I'm the player to be named later" and so and so on, this is a movie full of great lines. Unfortunately for Tin Cup, the script is too poor. Not enough good content and it doesn't really impress us. It was more about promoting a sport through the US Open and star golfers than promoting it through the script and the passion and knowledge of the characters' themselves.Golf anyways, is boring to watch and I doubt you can relate as much easily to golf than to baseball. But still, with a good cast. this should be a better movie. The whole Tin Cup nickname makes no sense to me, more an attempt to find a Crash Davis 2.0. or Nuke Lalloosh nickname. I didn't get it, doesn't work for me. The movie has a few funny passages but nothing immortal, nothing we haven't already seen. Just not what I expect from Ron Shelton.The two characters Roy and Molly spend hours flirting with each other, it's a little lame. It's a lot flirting to set up a predictable ending without any sexyness in the end. And at some point, Roy's stubborn antics are just kind of boring, we lose interest in the movie near the end. The whole "I'm going for the win" was funny once but systematically ? Ugh. There's just nothing you're crazy about in this movie, neither the dialogues, the passion, the sport of the romance. Just two characters that end up hitting on each other.Last but not least, if the main character is from Texas, just get an ACTUAL actor from Texas, stop trying to pretend a fake southern accent this stuff just doesn't cut it. My gosh they need to stop making fun of other people's accents -- Kevin Costner doesn't have a southern accent and he didn't needed one. You can go to Texas university and not be from Texas it's okay but my gosh stop faking these southern accents when you can't ! Really annoying.

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slightlymad22
1996/08/21

Continuing my plan to watch every Kevin Costner movie in order, I come to 1996's Tin Cup.Most A list actors would do anything to maintain their A list, star status, and if it starts slipping, the do anything to regain it, most run back to there most popular roles in a sequel, where there is an established fan base. KC certainly had movies in his filmography (Prince Of Thieves or Bodyguard) that people (especially the money men) would want to see sequels too (especially back then) but playing it safe has never been KC's way, so he signed up to star in a movie about golf. Plot In A Paragraph: Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy is a washed up golf pro, working at a driving range who decides to try and qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his psychiatrist Molly (Rene Russo) who also happens to be his successful rival's girlfriend. Written and directed by Ron Shelton, Tin Cup was a return to form for this Zoner, the movie and KC received good reviews, whilst the man himself got a golden globe nomination. I think it's one of his best movies. I actually know someone who says it's his best movie/performance, as the movie lives and dies with his character, if you don't like him, you won't root for him, and as an effect you probably won't like the movie. Whilst I won't go that far, I do really enjoy it.Tin Cup is not a formula sports movie. We can guess where the movie is headed, anticipate the broad outlines of the plot (Tin Cup will qualify for the U.S. Open, which of course ends in a showdown between himself and his big rival, whilst getting the girl). But the U.S. Open doesn't end quite the way we thought (I can still feel the crushing silence in the cinema) and the movie itself isn't even about who wins the Open.Tin Cup has a great supporting cast. Rene Russo who had done well in some big movies, shows a deft touch for comedy whilst Don Johnson is smarmy as hell, strutting his way through the movie as David Simms. However it's Cheech Martin who steals this movie for me. He was brilliant. Tin Cup has a nice soundtrack filled with some catchy songs. Tin Cup grossed $55 million at the domestic Box Office, to end the year the 28th highest grossing movie of 1996.Just remember, a little bit is better than nada....

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Desertman84
1996/08/22

Tin Cup is a romantic comedy that is co-written and directed by Ron Shelton. It stars Kevin Costner and Rene Russo together with Cheech Marin and Don Johnson in major supporting roles.This quirky love story is about a washed-up golf pro Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy, who has the singular misfortune of falling in love with the girlfriend of his arch rival. Although he is inspired to re-ignite his golf career, challenge his opponent in the U.S. Open, and win the affection of the woman of his dreams, McAvoy has just one flaw: he's a show off when he should just focus on playing the game. Amiable and constantly amusing rather than uproarious, this mangy tale of a never-do-well's fitful assault on personal and professional respectability benefits greatly from Kevin Costner's ingratiatingly comic star turn.Overall,it accomplishes the impossible, maybe the unimaginable which is it makes golf entertaining.

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Paul Clarke
1996/08/23

Yeah - absolutely love this film - and I'm not even a golfer! I just love Costner's performance - one of the most likable I've seem him do - and, of course, Rene Russo is just gorgeous - not just a looker, but her personality in this - touch of the Katherine Hepburn's in "Bringing Up Baby" mode.It's just so lovely - it swings along to great music - and the rivalry with Don Johnson (why has he never been bigger?), is great.OK, all the buddies back at Roy's base don't add much, except as a chorus, and a foil for Roy (Costner) - but, really - this is such a sweet film. Who could dislike it? Anyone who does, has got a hard heart. Sure, it's just swinging romantic froth - but don't we all need a little of that in our lives?

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