The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

  • 43% of critics liked it
    (129 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (48,740 ratings)

Robert Redford directed this adaptation of a novel by Steven Pressfield that uses golf as a metaphor for one man's spiritual and philosophical journeys. Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon) was a gifted amateur golfer from Savannah, GA, until traumatic experiences during World War I shattered his confidence… More

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PG-13, 2 hr. 7 min.
Directed By
Robert Redford
Written By
Richard LaGravenese, Jeremy Leven
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Nov 3, 2000 Wide
On DVD
Apr 3, 2001
DreamWorks SKG

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    Another lusciously produced, emotionally clammy Redford enterprise -- forced, phony mythmaking filled with tinged sunsets and full moons.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    The men and women inhabiting this motion pictures are types, ciphers, and mouthpieces for slogans, not individuals we can believe in and care for.

  • Robert Horton, Film.com

    Leaves an impression like dew on a fairway: pretty to look at, and very quickly gone.

  • A.O. Scott, New York Times

    Supernatural is not much better than subhuman: Hollywood is still, in the year 2000, disinclined to let black actors play human beings.

  • Peter Brunette, Film.com

    Redford should have spent more time thinking about his characters than about the meaning of it all.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • danny d


    completely absurd, but a guilty pleasure of mine. smith and damon played off of each other so well and theron has never been sexier in a film, really a silly but fun movie.

  • Conner R


    Extremely bland even for it being a golf movie. The acting was just average, no one gave a standout performance. Robert Redford really tried here, but it just didn't pan out. There just wasn't a strong enough story to carry a movie. It's also incredibly corny at times.

  • Wahida K


    Some Things Can't Be Learned. They Must Be Remembered.

  • Jason O


    Like many movies that have come before it, "The Legend of Bagger Vance" succeeds in being a great sports movie with a much deeper overall meaning. Mr. Junuh (Matt Damon) has had great times in the past by being the most promising young golfer of his time and making a… More

  • Jason S


    I kinda liked it. I don't know if I'll ever watch it again but it was a decent watch.

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