Lars Lendale I see all these reviews and I keep falling on "Bull Durham". Like this movie was supposed to join the level of Bull Durham. Listen, it's not going to happen. It would be like finding a better baseball player than Babe Ruth...you can't. Finding a better basketball player than Michael Jordan...you can't. The poetry, the philosophy, the wisdom, the level of insight, the humor, the romance, the climax, the ability to stretch a movie without a story and still captivate the viewer, Bull Durham's a masterpiece and it will never be topped again. Starting with the beginning, the references to baseball, you feel the thrills of the sport and then the number of great lines "I'm the player to be named later" and so and so on, this is a movie full of great lines. Unfortunately for Tin Cup, the script is too poor. Not enough good content and it doesn't really impress us. It was more about promoting a sport through the US Open and star golfers than promoting it through the script and the passion and knowledge of the characters' themselves.Golf anyways, is boring to watch and I doubt you can relate as much easily to golf than to baseball. But still, with a good cast. this should be a better movie. The whole Tin Cup nickname makes no sense to me, more an attempt to find a Crash Davis 2.0. or Nuke Lalloosh nickname. I didn't get it, doesn't work for me. The movie has a few funny passages but nothing immortal, nothing we haven't already seen. Just not what I expect from Ron Shelton.The two characters Roy and Molly spend hours flirting with each other, it's a little lame. It's a lot flirting to set up a predictable ending without any sexyness in the end. And at some point, Roy's stubborn antics are just kind of boring, we lose interest in the movie near the end. The whole "I'm going for the win" was funny once but systematically ? Ugh. There's just nothing you're crazy about in this movie, neither the dialogues, the passion, the sport of the romance. Just two characters that end up hitting on each other.Last but not least, if the main character is from Texas, just get an ACTUAL actor from Texas, stop trying to pretend a fake southern accent this stuff just doesn't cut it. My gosh they need to stop making fun of other people's accents -- Kevin Costner doesn't have a southern accent and he didn't needed one. You can go to Texas university and not be from Texas it's okay but my gosh stop faking these southern accents when you can't ! Really annoying.

KenH During the US Open this year they accosted Gary McCord as being the story for the movie. He actually took an 18 in a PGA event trying to get over the water. He admitted to it!! He said he just knew he could get it over the water.He had no excuses.This is tough with the rules of ten lines. I actually liked the movie. Odd as I think Costner is over rated. He plays the same part in every movie. I only like Tin Cup and Water world. He has no stretch in his acting. Same character in every movie with different things happening. He has no range in his acting ability. Hopefully this is ten lines......

Movie_Muse_Reviews Underdog sports movies walk a fine line with clichés; romantic comedies walk a fine line with clichés. "Tin Cup" is both these things and walks the finest of the fine lines, and though it leans toward the cliché, it never completely loses its balance. Its likable swagger behind star Kevin Costner -- a similar swagger to that of "Bull Durham," also directed by Ron Shelton -- is what makes it one of the more memorable fault-filled sports movies.Like the previous (and slightly better) Costner-Shelton collaboration of "Durham," this film is a romantic sports comedy about a trashy/washed-up athlete who wastes a lot of talent and somehow manages to attract sexual attention.Costner stars as West Texan Roy McAvoy, referred to sometimes as 'Tin Cup,' a talented college golfer who somehow ended up a golf pro at a downtrodden driving range with his amigo Romeo (Cheech Marin) while his college teammate David Simms (Don Johnson) went on to be a star. Roy is a betting man who goes with his gut, ignores reason and uses golf metaphors to make sense of life. When an anal retentive psychiatrist named Molly (Rene Russo) shows up at his range for lessons, Roy is smitten, only to find she's with Simms. Of course the only way to win her over is to try and make the U.S. Open, right?Costner and Russo have forced character chemistry. There's no reason for either of them to be interested in each other, save that Roy wants a challenge compared to the white trash women he's interested in. There's certainly no reason for Molly to leave her tournament- winning boyfriend for a sleazeball. And you know it's true when the dialogue directly addresses why they fell for the other like it's justification or something.The machismo fueling Roy and his buddies in the movie, constantly betting each other and insulting the other when he lays up and plays it safe is childish, but it brings the film its humor and keeps it from being a straight through underdog movie. Its more interested in its characters than building up plot suspense, which is a good thing, if only the characters behaved in realistic ways."Tin Cup" is a giant golf metaphor for life, about how taking risks -- no matter how many times you fail -- is always worth it. Shelton's film is gutsy in the same way, finding different ways of telling a sports story that will make it feel different. It goes about it in an amateur way, but it's the bravado that it will be remembered for. Shelton's films have this miraculous tendency to only let their best parts stick with you. They're the kinds of movies that make for great channel-surfing finds on TV. That's really what "Tin Cup" is.~Steven CVisit my site at http://moviemusereviews.blogspot.com

Paul Clarke Yeah - absolutely love this film - and I'm not even a golfer! I just love Costner's performance - one of the most likable I've seem him do - and, of course, Rene Russo is just gorgeous - not just a looker, but her personality in this - touch of the Katherine Hepburn's in "Bringing Up Baby" mode.It's just so lovely - it swings along to great music - and the rivalry with Don Johnson (why has he never been bigger?), is great.OK, all the buddies back at Roy's base don't add much, except as a chorus, and a foil for Roy (Costner) - but, really - this is such a sweet film. Who could dislike it? Anyone who does, has got a hard heart. Sure, it's just swinging romantic froth - but don't we all need a little of that in our lives?