The Long Game

2023

Action / Drama / History / Sport

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 97% · 33 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 97% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 8111 8.1K

texas golf based on true story mexican american 1950s latino

Plot summary

In a segregated Texas, five Mexican-American teenage caddies were prohibited from playing at the country club where they worked. Against all odds, they formed their own team, built a one-hole course in the fields, and won the 1957 Texas State championship. Based on a true story.

Director

Julio Quintana Photo
Julio Quintana

Top cast

Dennis Quaid Photo
Dennis Quaid as Frank Mitchell
Chet Grissom Photo
Chet Grissom as Eugene Patterson
Paulina Chávez Photo
Paulina Chávez as Daniela Torres
Gillian Vigman Photo
Gillian Vigman as Gayle Baker
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1 hr 52 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jtnickelson 7 / 10

Quaid, great actor, Jay Hernandez GREAT actor

Just watched the Long Game on Netflix and I'm not sure I've spent much time writing reviews for formulaic 'underdog movies' between 6-7 stars. However, I enjoyed the movie but moreover was blown away at the screen presence of Jay Hernandez who plays the lead. This guy carries, Quaid is a great backup for a movie like this, heck I expect him in every underdog movie, don't you? Story is decent but delivery can be everything sometimes and Jay Hernandez nails it.I hope he gets a few other big dynamic movie roles because I think he's got it. Maybe not the immediate draw of a Hardy or Dicaprio, but definitely a Clooney.Hey Hollywood, sign em up!
Reviewed by A_Different_Drummer 7 / 10

rock solid underdog movie

For as long as there have been movies, the "underdog" niche has been popular. What's not to like about watching someone (or someones) come from behind to show the rest of us that, in the right circumstances, anything is possible? Golf might seem at first like a poor fit for this category, but of course the real story is about discrimination. It works. Jay Hernandez is the glue that keeps the attention of the audience, and he basically steals every scene not otherwise nailed down. Quaid has recently started a "second career" as an older actor playing older parts. And he is good in all of them. The 1950s are a welcome distraction for viewers in an age where modern and now both seem somehow inauthentic and wrong. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))
Reviewed by tomsawyer-01858 7 / 10

Just love it

I am a non-golfer.I never played, and I never will.It is from my point of view not a real sport.Like pool, snooker it is a boring ball game, not enough physical and mental action, no real confrontations. I prefer sports like Tennis, or better football (soccer for you US people)But the movie is not. It is about passionate young and elder people, trying to find their way through the obstacles mostly unfair of life.It has a lot of very very nice, emotionally intelligent little scenes about wisdom and effect of our decisions and actions.I can't emphasize enough how well these scenes are made.So many characters well drawn. The director Julio Quintana born in the USA after her parents left Cuba shows he feels how Mexican immigrants felt. Not anymore Mexicans and yet not real Americans.No-man's-land..I specially liked the symbolism in the scene were a golfers girlfriend explains how she intends to become a writer by already writing now shorts stories of peoples daily life. Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.Actors are all great, but I fell for Jaina Lee Ortiz.It is a men sports, is it not still today?She is not even mentioned on the cover, standing far in the back.What a shame, She did not have too many words to say, so she made her presence mainly by her very subtle body and face expressions. Nevertheless she played a strong female character.She has great potential, and I hope we see more of her anytime soon.
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