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Tells this story in a straightforward, calm way that works ideally as the chronicle of a man's life but perhaps less ideally as drama.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

This exceedingly long-winded but classy drama could appeal to the same strain of infrequent, regional moviegoers looking for righteous entertainment that flocked to "The Passion of the Christ."Full Review

David Rooney
Variety

This is an old-fashioned sports hagiography of the sort that Gary Cooper used to star in while Teresa Wright sat smiling and worried on the sidelines, and, amazingly, it engages your attention and even respect while trotting out every clubhouse cliche in the book.Full Review

Ty Burr
Boston Globe

The film becomes markedly more entertaining with every appearance by Walter Hagen (Jeremy Northam), Jones' archrival, a raconteur and bon vivant who, though fiercely competitive, enjoyed playing while drunk and clad in a tuxedo.Full Review

Frank Scheck
The Hollywood Reporter

It's pleasing to see Jones triumph, digging his way out of sand traps with miraculous wedge shots, but ''Stroke of Genius'' is proof that when a movie is nothing but inspirational, it can sink and disappear into a field of dreams.Full Review

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Entertainment Weekly
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