The Phantom of the Open(2022)
PG-13
03/18/2022 (US)Drama, Comedy1h 46m6.7
"Every dreamer deserves a shot."
Overview
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Scott Murray
Writer
Simon Farnaby
Writer
Craig Roberts
Director
Simon Farnaby
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Maurice Flitcroft is So Close to Putting It In (Scene)
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Clip – “High Score”
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Clip – “Seve”
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Clip - “Little Maurice”
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First 7 Minutes
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Maurice meets Seve Ballesteros - Official Clip
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World's Worst Golfer - Official Clip
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Your Turn - Official Clip
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Official 'Destiny' TV Spot
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A review by r96sk
8.0
Written on March 24, 2022
Much more heartfelt than expected - pleasingly so!
'The Phantom of the Open' is a very sweet film, with Mark Rylance being the absolutely perfect lead for it - great performance from him! I also enjoyed the humour, with many lines amusing me - including one that was lost in translation...
It's a great (based on a true) story, one I had somehow never heard of even as a sports (golf much less so, admittedly) fan; I did slightly recognise the name Maurice Flitcroft though. Even if you don't follow golf, it definitely works as a standalone thing and it doesn't heavily focus on the sport anyway; much more to it.
Pretty neat to see Craig Roberts direct (his third, but first I've seen) this - I remember watching him act in TV's 'The Story of Tracy Beaker' when I was a kid. Well in, Rio Wellard!
'The Phantom of the Open' is a very sweet film, with Mark Rylance being the absolutely perfect lead for it - great performance from him! I also enjoyed the humour, with many lines amusing me - including one that was lost in translation...
It's a great (based on a true) story, one I had somehow never heard of even as a sports (golf much less so, admittedly) fan; I did slightly recognise the name Maurice Flitcroft though. Even if you don't follow golf, it definitely works as a standalone thing and it doesn't heavily focus on the sport anyway; much more to it.
Pretty neat to see Craig Roberts direct (his third, but first I've seen) this - I remember watching him act in TV's 'The Story of Tracy Beaker' when I was a kid. Well in, Rio Wellard!
