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FILM REVIEW: Plodding 'Legend of Bagger Vance' runs a sappy course

University Wire | November 6, 2000 | Copyright
Amy Chozick
University Wire
11-06-2000
(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Jack Lemmon narrates The Legend of Bagger Vance while he lies unconscious on a golf course. The question is whether or not Lemmon is suffering from a heart attack as the movie suggests, or if he just fell asleep from boredom thinking about the inspirational story he regurgitates for the next two-and-a-half-hours. Robert Redford's latest attempt at warming audiences' hearts moves at the same speed of the game it represents, and finishes way below par.

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