The Phantom of the Open – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

PHANTOM OF THE OPEN – Review by Martha K Baker

May 31, 2022June 4, 2022 Martha K. Baker British Open Golf Championship, craig roberts, Mark Rylance, Maurice Flitcroft, sally hawkins, Simon Farnaby, The Phantom of the Open

Two words: Mark Rylance. Two more words: Sally Hawkins. They co-star in The Phantom of the Open, based on the real life story of the Maurice Flitcroft, a golf legend for getting the British Open’s lowest score ever. In lesser hands the film would have been a wisp of tissue paper, but with Rylance and Hawkins, the film utterly delights as it tells of a sweetly silly moment in sports.