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Stick centres around Owen Wilson (Bliss) as Pryce Cahill, a former pro-golfer, whose career went off the rails 20 years ago, now leaving him selling expensive golf gear, while living from one paycheque to the next – which isn’t good when you live in a big house with his soon-to-be-ex-wife – but then he avoids his bills and the place is a shit-tip.
However, he still feels he has more to give, by coaching other players, and bets the farm on young protege Santi (Peter Dager – Insidious 5: The Red Door), although while it would normally be impressive to see someone shot-perfect, all the swings and hits are obviously CGI.
After seeing him wound up in a bar by a man, who’s trying to bet that he’ll miss when sinking a simple putt, Pryce needs money from his ex-wife – Amber-Linn (Judy Greer – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 IMAX 3D) – to get the new venture going.
However, he’s just another underdog character with personal problems, and although an element of drama is thrown in with a tragedy from earlier in his life – as opposed to Owen just goofing around 24/7 – this element just seems to come and go without a second thought.
Additionally, Stick is just as flat as the perfect putting green, with Owen Wilson just playing Owen Wilson and nothing else, while everyone else is just treading water. I just can’t get into this whatsoever.
As such, while the billing states it’s a “feel-good sports comedy about a found family and their relationships set within the world of golf as it has never been shown before“, to me, Stick is stuck in the bunker, and a massive bogey!
Stick is on Apple TV+ from tomorrow, but isn’t yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD.
Check out the trailer below:
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 30-45 mins per episode
Release date: Wednesday June 4th
Studio: Apple TV+
Format: 2.00:1
Series Directors: Jonathan Dayton, David Dobkin, Valerie Faris, Jaffar Mahmood, MJ Delaney
Producers: Kathy Gilroy, James Thompson III
Creator: Jason Keller
Writers: Ryan Hooper, Jimy Shah, Jason Keller, Christopher Moynihan, Bill Callahan, Kate Fodor, Esti Giordani, Bryan Johnson
Music: Zachary Dawes
Cast:
Pryce Cahill: Owen Wilson
Santi Wheeler: Peter Dager
Zero: Lilli Kay
Elena: Mariana Treviño
Mitts: Marc Maron
Amber-Linn: Judy Greer
Angela: Ryan Kiera Armstrong
Clark Ross: Timothy Olyphant
Jett: Sébastien Duncan
Dale: Aaron Douglas
Ben Putman: Donavon Stinson
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