Tin Cup

It is a charmer from tee-off to final putt.

The good news about the amiable but only partly satisfying Tin Cup is that it frees Kevin Costner from playing a monument and restores to us the loose, sparkling comic actor he used to be.

As he always does in comedy, Costner grants an irresistible gleam of gallantry to male mulishness.

Tin Cup works for viewers of any handicap.

The climactic game, in which Roy, in a way that defies prediction, attempts to sink the shot of his life, is the most rousing sequence of the year, a celebration of what it really means to win.

Amiable and constantly amusing rather than uproarious, this mangy tale of a ne'er-do-well's fitful assault on personal and professional respectability benefits greatly from Kevin Costner's ingratiatingly comic star turn.

Costner’s childish charm and Shelton’s devotion to sports turn this overlong feature into an absolute joy.

Watch for the sometimes outrageous golf action, stay for the magnificent banter and sizzling chemistry.

Tin Cup might not be a classic in the way that Bull Durham was but it still works as a sports rom-com even if the film is slightly long.

Eight years after collaborating on the best sports movie ever made, Bull Durham's writer-director and star reunited for another film in the same vein.