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1. #SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA FULL MOVIE MOVIE#
2. #SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA FULL MOVIE PRO#
3. #SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA FULL MOVIE PROFESSIONAL#

In contrast to the first book, where Luke learned balance by fishing while standing up in a small boat-splash-the story this time includes the former rodeo broncs and the new swing that Luke adopts for the U.S. Johnny settled on his ranch in Utopia where he gentles horses and counsels pros such as Luke.

#SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA FULL MOVIE PRO#

Johnny lets Luke know that he taught the unconventional swing to T.K., but his father refused to let him use it and sent Johnny packing from his head pro job at a prestigious Texas country club. Johnny teaches Luke a different swing that he believes will hold up in the pressure-packed U.S.

#SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA FULL MOVIE MOVIE#

Open.Īs the story unfolds, Johnny shares the back story about Chisholm’s rival, the dominant golfer T.K., played in the movie by KJ Choi. He finds Johnny working with retired rodeo bucking broncos to gentle them into saddle horses and Johnny convinces Luke to stay for another seven days to prepare for the U.S. He reconnects with Johnny in hopes of getting a quick tune-up on his game. He lives in the hill country of Texas where the book is set so he’s writing about home turf.Īfter you have watched or read the movie/book and seen the Vimeo video, you’re ready to pick up Luke’s story as he prepares for golf’s toughest test, the U.S.

#SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA FULL MOVIE PROFESSIONAL#

In his professional life, Cook has coached many successful professional athletes as well as Fortune 500 companies and Olympians. It’s endorsed by PGA pros and Christians Tom Lehman, Scott Simpson and Billy Hurley III as well as NBA all-star center David Robinson. So, do one or the other before diving into the sequel.Īgain, it’s a fast read, with deep meaning (150 pages). Please note: the sequel will make little sense if you do not either read the book published in 2006 or see the movie-the plot is similar, but the film writers significantly changed the character of Johnny, played by Duvall. He was played in the movie by Lucas Black, better known as Christopher LaSalle on NCIS New Orleans. Open and includes a revisit to Utopia by Chisholm. Now, Cook has released the sequel that builds from the Texas Open to the U.S. More than one million people have viewed the video.

The climatic final scene/page left the reader wondering: Did he make the putt on the 18 th hole?Ĭook choose to answer that question by recording the first chapter of the sequel on video from the graveyard in the center of the Utopia golf course. Cook’s book was made into a popular motion picture starring Robert Duvall as the wise and grizzled golf pro/cowboy who helps Chisholm discover what is important in life over seven days in the Texas hill country in Utopia. Cook), I can't report on the faithfulness of the screenplay, but it barrels along on the well-oiled wheels of cliche.When we left 7 Days in Utopia, Golf’s Sacred Journey, Luke Chisholm’s putt to win the Texas Open was tracking toward the hole.ĭavid L. Having never read the source material ("Golf's Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia," by sports psychologist David L. "Seven Days in Utopia," directed by Matthew Dean Russell, is an undeniably pretty film.

What happens in the course of those seven days? Lots of wax-on-wax-off instruction on everything but golf (painting, fly-fishing, flying in general) and lots of occasions for Duvall to intone the truths of an honest game. "Spend seven days with me in Utopia, you'll find your game," says the old fella. What's more, it has to be full of kindhearted small-town folk who know a thing or two about living right and thanking God and winning (or not) at golf. Of course, the name of the town is Utopia. Turns out the wise old fella is something of a Golf Whisperer: He peers inside the broken heart of the exasperated youngster and understands all that ails him. The protagonist for "Seven Days in Utopia" is an angry young fella (Lucas Black) who has a well-publicized meltdown on the last hole of a Texas golf tournament, then crashes through the fence of a wise old fella (Robert Duvall) on the drive home. Instead of an ending, we're given the address for a website that promises to divulge the movie's outcome, presumably in a mist of heady spiritual revelation. Then it cuts away at the pivotal moment that's normally the life's blood of inspirational sports dramas - and becomes something vastly more obnoxious. Until its final seconds, "Seven Days in Utopia" is just a piece of gee-whiz, G-rated, nicely shot evangelism outfitted as a golf movie.