Tin Cup

1996 Directed by Ron Shelton

Golf Pro. Love Amateur.

A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

Kevin Costner Rene Russo Don Johnson Cheech Marin George Perez Linda Hart Dennis Burkley Rex Linn Lou Myers Richard Lineback Mickey Jones Michael Milhoan Melissa Young Kris Ancira

Alternative Title

Fejjel a falnak

romance comedy

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Review by matt lynch ★★ 1

Turns out you can be a maverick at golf. Who knew
Review by Andy Summers ★★★★

Kevin Costner was on the down slope of his career when he popped up in this very entertaining romantic sports comedy. Directed by Ron Shelton of Bull Durham fame, this reunited star Costner with a man who relishes in making movies centered around sports. Swapping Baseball for Golf this time around, it may lack a certain Susan Sarandon's sex appeal, but it makes up for it with some great interplay between Costner and best buddy Cheech Marin.
Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy (Costner) is a driving range pro who is one step up from a bum. Lacking ambition or any sort of drive in life, he is suddenly reinvigorated when a beautiful psychologist (Rene Russo) arrives for golf lessons. Attracted to…
Review by Meg ★ 4

I may seem a little on edge right now, but I have major ear infection and felt like my head was gonna explode all day and the internet wasn't working and I didn't have my DVDs and the TV at the house I am sitting at wasn't working EXCEPT THE. GOLF. CHANNEL.
THERE IS A THING CALLED THE GOLF CHANNEL.
AND IT PLAYED THIS MOVIE FROM THE 90S ABOUT GOLF.
AND I AM ON EDGE, BECAUSE MY ENTIRE FACE HURTS AND I HAVE HAD TO WATCH THREE '90S KEVIN COSTNER FILMS IN A ROW. BECAUSE OF A CRUEL TWIST OF FATE THAT IS FATE CLEARLY LOVES '90S KEVIN COSTNER.
AND THIS GOLF MOVIE WAS LIKE TWO AND HALF HOURS LONG AND IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN 75 MINUTES LONG, BUT KEVIN COSTNER ONLY ACTS IN FILMS WHICH ARE AT LEAST 45 MINUTES TOO LONG. THIS IS APPARENTLY THE WORLD'S ONLY GOLF EPIC. I HATE EVERYTHING.
Please make it all stop.
Review by Ian Curran ★★★★ 4

Costner is the sports movie 🐐!
What sets this sports movie performance apart from his others is the fact that he plays a semi-loser. He’s stubborn and can’t get out of his own way. I love when actors play against type.
Review by BestVista ★★★★

We'll come to 'Tin Cup' in a moment.
The Coen brothers tend to keep their cards very close to their chests, and generally withhold much of an insight into the processes and inspirations behind their own creations. And that's fine, that's their prerogative as artists to preserve their own enigma in order to keep the mysteries of their movies interesting and alive.
There is one question, though, that I hope someone asks them one day, because it's vexed me for years. And it's only recently been exacerbated by my viewing of both 'The Big Lebowski' and 'Tin Cup' in close proximity. And it's basically this:
Isn't Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy basically a major inspiration for The Dude in embryonic form?…
Review by Nick ★★★½ 3

I think what makes Ron Shelton movies special is that he very clearly understands that sports films shouldn’t exclusively be concerned with the mechanics and built-in narrative of pro sports: sports films can and should be about things like friendship (“White Men Can’t Jump”), sex (“Bull Durham”), and also love, compromise, “inner demons and human frailty” (this one).
Athletic spectacle merely offers a milieu in which these stories can unfold; it is certainly not Shelton’s primary interest as a storyteller. Costner and Russo, both movie star luminaries of my boyhood years, are unreasonably charming here, although Cheech Marin is funny and winning enough to overcome a slightly dated nonwhite sidekick role. Shit, even Don Johnson manages to make this movie’s…
Review by megan ★★ 1

what a way to end 2018
Review by Connor Carey ★★★½

"Tin Cup" is way too long and is about as predictable as they come but it's another really enjoyable sports film from Ron Shelton and Kevin Costner. Costner makes for such a charismatic lead and Rene Russo and Don Johnson are also very good here too. The golfing sequences are fun to watch and Cheech Marin pretty much steals every scene he's in. Way better than I thought it would be.
Review by Mark Costello ★★★★ 2

Golf........such a waste of a fucking good walk.
As someone who grew up with parents who adored the fucking game and sitting through hours of Sunday afternoon Open Tournaments where it was the only time I saw them get anywhere near 'excited', I came to realise that golf is simply not my game. Even more so when my friends from university morphed from beer swigging party animals into course plodding dullards themselves.........you know you have Smurf......
And yet Ron Shelton's gentle mid-90's comedy has started a little itch. Its not the first time I've seen this film, but it is since hitting what there can now be no denying as 'middle age'. Maybe I'm missing out? Maybe picking up the…
Review by willmoviefan97 ★★★½

This follows just about every cliche you can think from the sports/rom-com playbook, and in no way should clock in at about 2hrs 15mins, but as it stands, "Tin Cup" is still honestly one of the better and more charming ones of the lot. Costner is typically great, and he & Rene Russo certainly have a believable, sweet chemistry going on screen, while Don Johnson is surely perfectly cast as the prick antagonist. And it's always a plus seeing Cheech Marin pop up. This is just one of those pretty pleasant, entertaining, and easy films to watch if not too much else.
And can I just say what quite a stunner Rene Russo was back in the day 😍🥵? (Actually by all means, the Thor films & Nightcrawler surely show she's aged marvelously)!
Review by robbie ★★½

the economy of making rene russo the mentee, love interest, and therapist in this...
Review by Wilson ★★★★½

I have seen Tin Cup roughly 150 times since 1996. I cannot remember the first time I saw it. It was probably on Sky Movies in 1997. But there was a point in my life, when I was 14 or 15 in '97 and '98 where I seemed to watch it every week. It was always on and I would always watch it. I am pretty sure I had it on VHS, but almost always watched it on Sky.
I am not saying that Tin Cup is the best movie of 1996, but it is better than The English Patient, which won Best Picture and Best Director, and Kevin Costner is better than Geoffrey Rush in Shine. It should have…

Recent reviews

Review by Jake Moore ★★★

My favorite golf movie and I am a sucker for all Kevin Costner movies. Save me from those double bogey blues is and always will be a banger.
Review by JamMan ★★★

Not bad but I’d rather watch Happy Gilmore.
Review by robbie ★★½

the economy of making rene russo the mentee, love interest, and therapist in this...
Review by William Burnett ★★★

62/100
As a guy that is generally not a fan of Costner (nothing personal) or sports movies, I actually thought that some of this was just okay. It really falls short of being a good movie by flubbing the ending and extending the film far too long with the romance subplot, but the actual golf content was decent as far as I am concerned.
Expanding on the ending, it doesn't make any sense to me. I like that the film didn't go with the Rocky formula and ending, but what was the point? He exhibited no character growth in finally learning that taking the extreme risk isn't always good, and yet he still got the girl and ruckus applause from the crowd for *checks notes* shooting a 12 on the 18th hole?
Review by robfreeman ★★

Potentially the first example of the manic pixie therapist film trope. This sort of shit is why Donald Trump got elected
Review by Zach ★★★½

Costner exudes his effortless charm and warmth. He and Russo pop, and Don Johnson is always fun as a sleazy asshole. The movie is aces with all the character stuff. It’s a top notch rom-com. Unfortunately, it’s also a mediocre sports movie. It all but stops dead in its tracks when golf is actually being played. Feels like you watch the same scene multiple times. The climax is telegraphed so early and often, you’re bored when it finally arrives. Should’ve leaned into the romantic triangle and away from 90s golf culture.
At 135 minutes, it should be 105.
Review by Sarah

“most women, i’m thinking about how to get in their pants from day one, but with you i’m just thinking about how to get in your heart.”
my granddad picked this weeks family movie night film (because his 81st birthday is this coming week!!!) and it took him less then 30 seconds to decided on this golf based rom com and you have to admire a man who knows what he wants
Review by Brendan Murphy ★★½

I really wish I liked this movie more
Review by oly renquist ★★★★★

this is absolutely spectacular
Review by Talon Nouri ★★★

Ending still bugs me
Review by Chavo Saraintaris ★★★★½

No, querida Rene Russo. No he aprendido nada.
Review by georgiap_123 ★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Moral of the story: He learns absolutely nothing and lives happily ever after