The Phantom of the Open (2022)

Directed by Craig Roberts · Drama, Comedy

Starring Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Simon Farnaby, Mark Lewis Jones, Jonah Lees, Christian Lees, Ash Tandon, Ian Porter, Jake Davies, Johann Myers, Nigel Betts, Afsaneh Dehrouyeh, Steve Oram, Neil Edmond, Tim Berrington, Terence Booth, Ian Mansfield, Amy Alexander, Tim Steed, Mark Bosch, Ebenezer Eben-Spiff, Tommy Fallon, David Mara, Austin Griffin, Graeme Hawley, James Flitcroft, John McGrellis, Natsumi Kuroda, Dai Tabuchi, Sadao Ueda, David Ahmad, Michael Dobby, Orla Cottingham, Bianca Tranter, Mike Cappozola, Anthony J. Abraham, Michael McKenna, Maurice Flitcroft

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Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

My review · Reviewed 07/08/2022

This movie kind of reminded me of Operation Mincemeat in that we have a story that - by itself - is really interesting. The problem is that neither had enough meat to make it worthy of a full-length Hollywood movie. This movie felt like it might have been better suited for an 8 minute piece on a show like "Mysteries at the Museum". Despite the actor's best efforts (and they really were fantastic) this one was a bit of a snoozer.