This is a sweet movie. It's the improbable story of Maurice Flitcroft who wanted to be a golfer, or at least a celebrity.
The movie is nice. It's well cast with Sally Hawkins giving another of her star turns. However, the plot is yearning for more story, more passion. It may be just me but I find Mark Rylance to be one of the most overrated actors. His performance here is cliche and full of little ticks and quirks that make he feel rather pathetic. Rylance always has an air of pretentiousness to his work and here is no exception. The film passes away the time and as I said it's sweet. But movies like Brassed Off and The Full Monty covered this ground many years ago, and did it a lot better.
The movie is nice. It's well cast with Sally Hawkins giving another of her star turns. However, the plot is yearning for more story, more passion. It may be just me but I find Mark Rylance to be one of the most overrated actors. His performance here is cliche and full of little ticks and quirks that make he feel rather pathetic. Rylance always has an air of pretentiousness to his work and here is no exception. The film passes away the time and as I said it's sweet. But movies like Brassed Off and The Full Monty covered this ground many years ago, and did it a lot better.