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The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005
· Movie
· 120 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1846
- IMDb #1346
- Rotten Tomatoes #2262
- Metacritic #2019
- Letterboxd #1997
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3226
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1452
- Metacritic Critics #2938
- Metacritic Audience #569
- Kinopoisk #567
- AlloCiné #1368
- Trakt #1415
Every rating
55–82
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 55, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 82. Critics average 58, everyone else 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Details
- Director
- Bill Paxton
- Writer
- Mark Frost
- Based on
- a work by Mark Frost
- Studio
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Released
- 30 September 2005
- Country
- Canada, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $26.0M
- Box office
- $15.4M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| ESPY Awards 2006 | Best Sports Movie | Nominee | |
| Satellite Awards 2006 | Best Youth DVD | Nominee | |
| Young Artist Awards 2006 | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor | Josh Flitter | Nominee |
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3 awards — The Greatest Game Ever Played
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ESPY Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sports Movie | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Youth DVD | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor | Josh Flitter | Nominee |