Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)

The life of an amateur golf player who won many championships.

Sports are a metaphor for life, insofar as what the latter is about is action which provides a correct response to one's environment, and that is exactly what the former requires, only in a simplified form. Golf is basically about one's ability to measure one's own strength in response to perception of physical distance, not to mention of course finer details such as direction and particulars of the ground. The main character in this film seems to exemplify all that in an even broader way: his correction of movement in golf mirrors his correction as a human being. The film is so taken by this ideal aspect that its characters lose all aspect of reality, although they are based on real people and the plot seems to strive for some degree of verisimilitude. In spite of what I said, or perhaps precisely because of it, the film should please sports lovers, especially as it is very well made.

Rating: 53