Mark Rylance as Maurice Flitcroft in The Phantom Of The Open. Photo credit Nick Wall. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
In the charming true-story comedy Phantom Of The Open, Mark Rylance plays the worst golfer in British Open history, Maurice Flitcroft, a middle-aged working class bloke who accidentally got into the storied competition, and then became a folk hero for trying to do it again and again, haunting the tournament. Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies) and Sally Hawkins (The Shape Of Water), as Flitcroft’s supportive wife Jean, are both absolute charmers in this very funny yet uplifting British comedy about a very British eccentric who believed anything was possible. Although Flitcroft’s performance in the British Open earned him the moniker “worst golfer in the world,” it actually was the first round of golf Flitcroft had ever played, having just taken up the sport after being laid off from...
In the charming true-story comedy Phantom Of The Open, Mark Rylance plays the worst golfer in British Open history, Maurice Flitcroft, a middle-aged working class bloke who accidentally got into the storied competition, and then became a folk hero for trying to do it again and again, haunting the tournament. Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies) and Sally Hawkins (The Shape Of Water), as Flitcroft’s supportive wife Jean, are both absolute charmers in this very funny yet uplifting British comedy about a very British eccentric who believed anything was possible. Although Flitcroft’s performance in the British Open earned him the moniker “worst golfer in the world,” it actually was the first round of golf Flitcroft had ever played, having just taken up the sport after being laid off from...
- 6/17/2022
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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