Tin Cup (1996):

Starring:

Kevin Costner - Roy McAvoy

Rene Russo - Dr. Molly Griswold

Don Johnson - David Simms

Cheech Marin - Romeo Posar

Linda Hart - Doreen

Dennis Burkley - Earl

Rex Linn - Dewey

Lou Myers - Clint

Richard Lineback - Curt

George Perez - Jose

Mickey Jones - Turk

Michael Milhoan - Boone

Director:

Ron Shelton (Play It To The Bone; White Men Can't Jump; Bull Durham)

Synopsis:

Roy McAvoy (Kevin Costner) is a talented golf pro, who owns his own driving range. That sounds impressive, but the reality is quite different. While it's true that Roy is indeed a talented golfer and does own a driving range, it is in a tiny, unheard of Texas backwater. With almost no customers, he is likely to go broke. His golfing talents remain untapped and his life is rapidly going nowhere. To pass the time, he drinks a lot of beer with his buddies, or swings at a bucket of balls. Sometimes, he even plays real golf, and his friend and assistant Romeo (Cheech Marin) caddies for him. That's all there is for Roy, until he is wakened from his deathlike reverie by a visit from a newcomer in town, psychologist Molly Griswold (Renee Russo). Teaching her how to swing a club reminds him of feelings he had nearly forgotten. Discovering that she is the girlfriend of his old golfing rival, David Simms (Don Johnson), goads him yet further, and he returns to the PGA golf tour to compete in the U.S. Open. Maybe he'll get Molly for himself, maybe not, but in the meantime he has some things to prove to himself.

Review:

Kevin Costner does one thing right. Sports movies. Whether it's the hundred baseball movies he has done (OK maybe way less than that) or a movie about a washed up former pro golfer trying to win the love of 90's "sexy" Rene Russo *BARF* it's always a good movie. Don Johnson is actually really awesome as the pro golfer nemesis of Costner. A Question I need to ask my self for many a years. How the hell was Rene Russo ever considered an attractive leading lady that the main actor is suppose to be uncontrollably in love with? Maybe men in the 90's had lower standards? She is GRODY. Anyways a good Dram-Com golf movie.

Budget: $45,000,000

Box Office: $53,854,588

Profit: $8,854,588

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

Flixster: 57%

61%

Lead Acting: 10/15

Supporting Cast: 9/15

Plot: 5/10

Compared To The Genre: 6/10

Cinematography: 11/20

Intrigue: 14/20

Extra: 6/10