10/4/2023 0 Comments Seven days in utopia 2If you have a pre-teen or teenage daughter and she is going on her first date and you are going to chaperone, this is the perfect movie. Now you might love ballroom dancing when you leave, but like many women have told me in the past, "Not telling me is still like lying to me." The big thing they don't tell you is that the film is heavily Christian themed, to which I'll say, like Seinfeld, "Not that there's anything wrong with that."īut to not tell people that going in is like having a beautiful woman saying, "You wanna go to the club tonight and go dancing?" And then you pull into a parking lot that says, "Welcome to Ballroom Dancing 101." Hopefully, if this 90-minute movie makes it to DVD and Blu-ray, the "Directors Cut" will have his whole vision. That would have made a huge difference in character development and storyline. I talked to director Matt Russell after the premiere and he said the original finished movie was three hours long. the whole head cheerleader with the quarterback scenario. Madison Burge plays Hannah in what I'd guess you'd call the "love interest." And Robert Bear plays Chuck the local boy who is supposed to be with Hannah, you know, because it's a small town. Robert Duvall plays eccentric rancher Johnny Crawford, who we find out was a pretty good pro back in the day himself. Because of that talent, watching him play tournament golf is about as realistic as I've seen in a golf movie. The golfer, Luke Chisolm, is played by Lucas Black, who in his own right is an extremely good golfer. "After a disastrous debut on the pro circuit, a young golfer finds himself stranded in Utopia, Texas, and welcomed by an eccentric rancher." Here's the storyline they tell you in "Seven Days in Utopia," which hits theaters this weekend: Davis, Robert A.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser Cook, Jess Stainbrook, Joseph Coors Jr., Ray C. Mathis, Jason Michael BermanĮxecutive producers: David L. ![]() Cook, Rob Levine, Matthew Dean Russell, Sandra Thrift, based on the novel “Golf’s Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia” by David L. But his evident affinity for the material gradually overcomes the programmatic point-making of the storytelling (four writers are credited on the script), allowing the film to eventually find its way and retain its purity of intent.Ĭast: Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, Melissa Leo, Deborah Ann Woll, Brian Geraghty, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Jerry Ferrara, K.J. Matthew Dean Russell, a veteran visual effects hand, overshoots, overcuts and simply tries to hard, especially in the beginning. ![]() Baker and Melissa Leo, as the waitress’ mom, are not asked to exhibit a fraction of their talent, but they further class the joint up. Duvall can play an avuncular cowboy sage in his sleep, but there’s truly no one on Earth you’d rather see dishing out homespun aphorisms, so it’s pointless to resist the pleasure of watching him do what he can do better than anyone else. Choi), prompting the playoff.īlack looks pretty good swinging the clubs and, once he shakes off Luke’s residual bitterness, opens his characterization up with humor and ready accessibility. Lessons learned, Luke enters the Texas Open and stuns the golfing world by tying the top player (real-life pro K.J. And, oh yes, the waitress is learning to be a horse whisperer, so material for a sequel is there if warranted. Under Johnny’s tutelage, it’s all as easy as pie in one short week, Luke not only gets his game back but is inspired by example to quit drinking and is shown the way to the Lord in the bargain. Like some zen master, former golfer Johnny, who has his own private course, uses unorthodox means to get Luke to relearn the sport from square one, from finding a new grip through inner conviction to discovering how to snatch victory from certain defeat by taking Luke up in a small plane, cutting out the motor and having him figure out how to glide to safety. Ensconced in a deluxe cabin, waited on hand-and-foot by the lady of the house ( Kathy Baker) and immediately admired up and down by the lovely red-haired waitress ( Deborah Ann Woll) at the picture-perfect town cafe, Luke couldn’t be blamed for thinking he might have died and gone to heaven.
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