TOMMY'S HONOUR IS... A STORY ABOUT A FATHER AND SON RELATIONSHIP
THERE HASN'T BEEN A FATHER-SON COMBINATION IN THE HISTORY OF GOLF TO COMPARE TO OLD AND YOUNG TOM MORRIS, AND AT THE HEART OF THIS MOVIE IS THE STORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FATHER AND SON.
PETER MULLAN IS BRILLIANT IN HIS PORTRAYAL OF A MODEST OLD TOM WHO WANTS HIS SON TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS AS A BALL MAKER AND CADDIE, AND KEEP THE FAMILY TRADITION GOING. JACK LOWDEN PLAYS THE COCKY, BRASH, AND AMBITIOUS YOUNG TOM, AND IS EXCELLENT IN HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE CHARACTER, ESPECIALLY AFTER HIS FOURTH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY AND CELEBRATIONS. "GOLF MIGHT BE YOUR GOD, BUT IT NOT MINE" SON SAYS TO FATHER.
THE MOVIE IS QUINTESSENTIAL PERIOD DRAMA AND ILLUSTRATES THE LIFE AND TIMES ACCURATELY AND ELOQUENTLY.
PETER MULLAN IS BRILLIANT IN HIS PORTRAYAL OF A MODEST OLD TOM WHO WANTS HIS SON TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS AS A BALL MAKER AND CADDIE, AND KEEP THE FAMILY TRADITION GOING. JACK LOWDEN PLAYS THE COCKY, BRASH, AND AMBITIOUS YOUNG TOM, AND IS EXCELLENT IN HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE CHARACTER, ESPECIALLY AFTER HIS FOURTH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY AND CELEBRATIONS. "GOLF MIGHT BE YOUR GOD, BUT IT NOT MINE" SON SAYS TO FATHER.
THE MOVIE IS QUINTESSENTIAL PERIOD DRAMA AND ILLUSTRATES THE LIFE AND TIMES ACCURATELY AND ELOQUENTLY.
TOMMY'S HONOUR IS... A STORY ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE GAME
THE MOVIE ILLUSTRATES THE PERIOD OF HISTORY OF GOLF PERFECTLY, SHOWING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE ARISTOCRATS WHO PLAY AND RULE THE GAME, AND THE CADDIES, PROFESSIONALS AND WORKERS WHO MAKE THE GAME AN INDUSTRY.
THIS PERIOD OF THE GAME, IN ITS BEGINNINGS, WAS ONE IN WHICH THE ARISTOCRATS PAID PLAYERS TO PLAY AND BETTING ON THE MATCHES, WITH THE PEOPLE BETTING ON THE MATCHES WINNING MOST OF THE MONEY, LEAVING VERY LITTLE FOR THE GOLFER. BUT WHEN TOMMY MORRIS BECAME SO GOOD AT THE GAME HE FELT HE COULD DEMAND TO FLIP THE ROLES, AND THE ARISTOCRACY DIDN'T TAKE TOO KINDLY TOO IT.
SAM NEILL IS SUPER AS ROYAL AND ANCIENT GOLF CLUB CAPTAIN ALEXANDER BOOTHBY.
THIS PERIOD OF THE GAME, IN ITS BEGINNINGS, WAS ONE IN WHICH THE ARISTOCRATS PAID PLAYERS TO PLAY AND BETTING ON THE MATCHES, WITH THE PEOPLE BETTING ON THE MATCHES WINNING MOST OF THE MONEY, LEAVING VERY LITTLE FOR THE GOLFER. BUT WHEN TOMMY MORRIS BECAME SO GOOD AT THE GAME HE FELT HE COULD DEMAND TO FLIP THE ROLES, AND THE ARISTOCRACY DIDN'T TAKE TOO KINDLY TOO IT.
SAM NEILL IS SUPER AS ROYAL AND ANCIENT GOLF CLUB CAPTAIN ALEXANDER BOOTHBY.
TOMMY'S HONOUR IS... A LOVE STORY
OPHELIA LOVIBOND PLAYS MEG DRINNEN, THE GIRLFRIEND AND LATER WIFE OF YOUNG TOM MORRIS, WITH FABULOUS CHARM, WIT AND SINCERITY.
THE MOVIE DEPICTS THE GROWING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEG AND TOM, AND EACH PLAY THE CHARACTER EXTREMELY WELL, WITH THE TYPICAL DRAMA YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM SUCH A PRODUCTION.
THE SCENE OF MEG'S DEATH AND THE AFTERMATH IS A PARTICULARLY STRIKING ONE, AND JACK LOWDEN IS MAGNIFICENT IN HIS PORTRAYAL OF A BROKEN TOM, AND ONCE AGAIN THE FAMILY STRUGGLE BETWEEN OLD AND YOUNG TOM IS TO THE FORE.
THE MOVIE DEPICTS THE GROWING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEG AND TOM, AND EACH PLAY THE CHARACTER EXTREMELY WELL, WITH THE TYPICAL DRAMA YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM SUCH A PRODUCTION.
THE SCENE OF MEG'S DEATH AND THE AFTERMATH IS A PARTICULARLY STRIKING ONE, AND JACK LOWDEN IS MAGNIFICENT IN HIS PORTRAYAL OF A BROKEN TOM, AND ONCE AGAIN THE FAMILY STRUGGLE BETWEEN OLD AND YOUNG TOM IS TO THE FORE.
TOMMY'S HONOUR IS... A SHOWCASE FOR ST ANDREWS AND FIFE
FROM THE VERY FIRST SCENE, WITH OLD TOM EMERGING FROM THE SEA AND WALKING DOWN WEST SANDS, TO THE FINAL CREDITS WITH THE FLOVER OF THE CATHEDRAL RUINS, THIS MOVIE IS AN UNBELIEVABLE SHOWCASE FOR ST ANDREWS AND FIFE.
"NO GENTLEMEN ARE EVER SEEN LEAVING THE CROSS KEYS" IS ONE QUOTE AND INDEED SOME FILMING WAS DONE IN AND AROUND THE VENERABLE WATERING HOLE ON MARKET STREET, ALONG WITH SOME SCENES IN THE CATHEDRAL GRAVEYARD.
MUCH OF THE SCENES WHICH ARE DEPICTED AS BEING MARKET STREET IN ST ANDREWS, WERE FILMED IN FALKLAND, AND NO MOVIE SINCE CHARIOTS OF FIRE HAS SHOWN QUITE SO MUCH OF ST ANDREWS TO A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE.
"NO GENTLEMEN ARE EVER SEEN LEAVING THE CROSS KEYS" IS ONE QUOTE AND INDEED SOME FILMING WAS DONE IN AND AROUND THE VENERABLE WATERING HOLE ON MARKET STREET, ALONG WITH SOME SCENES IN THE CATHEDRAL GRAVEYARD.
MUCH OF THE SCENES WHICH ARE DEPICTED AS BEING MARKET STREET IN ST ANDREWS, WERE FILMED IN FALKLAND, AND NO MOVIE SINCE CHARIOTS OF FIRE HAS SHOWN QUITE SO MUCH OF ST ANDREWS TO A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE.
TOMMY'S HONOUR IS... A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
GOING TO THE FILMHOUSE IN EDINBURGH I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TOMMY'S HONOUR. WAS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER OVER THE TOP, HYPED SPORTS MOVIE, OR WAS THIS GOING TO BE A WELL-ACTED, SUPERBLY PRODUCED DRAMA.
I LEFT SOME TWO HOURS LATER FEELING LIKE I HAD JUST WATCHED THE BEST GOLF MOVIE EVER, AND YEARNING FOR MORE.
IT TRULY WAS A GRIPPING FILM AND TOLD A GREAT STORY WHICH NEEDED TO BE TOLD.
FOR ME, TOMMY'S HONOUR IS A MUST-SEE.
I LEFT SOME TWO HOURS LATER FEELING LIKE I HAD JUST WATCHED THE BEST GOLF MOVIE EVER, AND YEARNING FOR MORE.
IT TRULY WAS A GRIPPING FILM AND TOLD A GREAT STORY WHICH NEEDED TO BE TOLD.
FOR ME, TOMMY'S HONOUR IS A MUST-SEE.
