Tiger

2021 Directed by Matthew Hamachek, Matthew Heineman

The rise. The fall. The return.

A revealing look at the rise, fall, and epic comeback of global icon Tiger Woods. The series paints an intimate picture of the prodigy whose dedication and obsession with the game of golf not only took his fame and success to new heights, but also down a dark, spiraling road that eventually led to a legendary sports comeback, culminated by his victory at the 2019 Masters.

Tiger Woods Earl Woods Rachel Uchitel Dina Parr Amber Lauria

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Review by Adam Friedland 5

It’s so hard to be a man
Review by Jamelle Bouie ★★★★ 2

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

man has his entire identity subsumed in the dreams and aspirations of his father.
father dies.
man completely unravels in a way that, fittingly, mimics the flaws and vices of said father.
man recovers?
????
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Review by Robert Franco 1

i was going to write something long about this and tiger and what he means to me... but instead i'll just leave you with a tweet that i agree with 100% from another hero of mine, norm macdonald:
"golf matters because it is man vs. nature, man vs. man, and man vs. man's self. comedy mostly is a byproduct of groupthink. the greatest creative acts you will ever witness are by tiger woods on a golf course."
Review by Nick Hernandez ★★★★½ 6

Not that this was in doubt prior to this, but damn does Tiger have some deep-rooted issues.
Coming into this more interested in the golf aspect then the scandals, I enjoyed the first episode more. Fricken great golf montage to open. I also can’t imagine what it’s like to walk up to the 18th hole of the Masters up 12 strokes as just a 21 year old. All the golf montages in the first episode were super exciting.
I found everything revolving around his father to be fascinating. The way he ran Tiger’s life & the way the filmmakers set up describing their relationship in the first episode as a way to essentially predict/explain Tiger’s future behavior in the second…
Review by Patrick Walsh ★★★ 3

Entertaining but surprisingly sleazy, especially in the back half. There is nothing in the world I care about less than sports, but it’s pretty gross to devote fully half of your 4 hour doc on one of the greatest athletes of all time to him screwing around.
Also, it’s hard to take things seriously when one of your most prominent talking heads ran The Enquirer and seems to absolutely delight in a man nearly ruining his life with pills and sex.
Review by Leighton Trent ★★★½ 2

“Boys do not long for fathers who will usher them through the gauntlet of psychological disconnect. They long for fathers who have themselves survived intact. Boys do not ache for their father's masculinity. They ache for their fathers' hearts.”
― T. Real
We are destined to become our parents in one way or another and Tiger became his father despite his best attempts not to. Earl saw him more as part and parcel of a product, an idea of something great for his race and the progression of the sport of golf more so than his flesh and blood son. Treating Tiger as that vessel allowed this young kid growing up no way to find himself or express himself in…
Review by kgilroy ★★★★ 2

Part I: Daddy issues
Part II: Caddy issues
Review by andy levy ★★★★½ 4

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

a thoroughly engrossing look at the rise and fall (and rise?) of one of the seminal sports (and cultural) figures of my lifetime. not without its problems: i reeeaaallllllly didn't need to hear or see the smug bowtied asshole from the national enquirer, particularly when the second part of the doc already felt a bit tabloidy. and there were too many times when it did those cheesy documentary things of using ominous music over slo-mo, or pretending a facial expression is some kind of a "window" into how a person is feeling about the subject the film is talking about, when in reality the dude could've been thinking about how much he wants a meatball sub or whatever.
but that…
Review by <Todd> ★★★½

"If the pain hits the pain hits... so be it... it's just pain" -Tiger Woods,
- 2021 Ranked: boxd.it/aL2Ys
Celebrity is an interesting fucking nightmare and this short series does an excellent job of exploring the carnage and misery. It seems like moving to the true peak of some area of life requires you to give up so much it's hard to believe that even more people don't fall like this. The show explores the darker side of celebrity and public pressure while still giving proper due to Tiger's magnificent accomplishments. The film explores how race, parenting, and America's relationship to celebrity impacted the life of this human being who tried to be a god and I found it consistently engaging despite having little care for golf.
Recommended to people who have an interest in celebrity and/or sports.
Review by MilesofSmiles 🐺 ★★★★

Whereas the titular character in The Last Dance serves as an unreliable narrator, viewers see Tiger solely through the tinted glasses of his friends and reporters. Tiger Woods is a fascinating case study in toxic sports culture and masculinity and this documentary dances with those themes.
Personally I’ve never liked him post-childhood awe.
Tiger’s origin story much like MJ’s was great to watch. Though I wanted the documentary to delve into the notion of forgiveness and collective memory, it started to lose focus once it brought in the trashy National Enquirer guy (who comically is like the personification of Oswald Cobblepot; the documentary knows it too with the slow pan introduction and his accentuated “t” sounds that they choose to include lol). A decent watch despite its flaws and somewhat haunting given recent events, especially with the CA/FL mix-up parallelism.
Review by Jack

As an african american man, I look up to Tiger Woods. An athlete who broke racial barriers in a sport where it's full of white people. Tiger not only broke those barriers but he was also an determined/competitive person. Every broken bone in his body did not stop him from being the greatest.
The documentary itself goes through the ups and downs of a famous athlete. You've seen it before. However, the sex scandal in the second part was extremely interesting. Mainly because it was a scandal that should've been kept in private. But, Woods had to apologise to save his career. No African american should be able to apologise for something that is supposed to be set in private.…
Review by tom ★★★★ 3

the doc was well made, but fuck literally everybody who was interviewed in this. especially the guy with big yellow bowtie and tiny glasses.

Recent reviews

Review by Joel Guzman ★★★★

Never cared for golf but whenever I thought of golf, Tiger Woods definitely was the first thought that came to mind. Comparable to Michael Jordan in basketball or Tony Hawk in skateboarding.
I’ve heard things here and there growing up about the bad things Tiger did and seen him make for some awesome Nike commercials. But I never knew Tigers story and never expected it to be as great as it was.
This 2-part documentary is great from start to finish where you get to see the rise, and and rise again of Tiger.
Review by baylorboy ★★★★

Definitely needed to be longer than 2 parts. When discussing the career of the greatest golfer of all time, you need a few more episodes to really flesh it out. However, I did find myself being enthralled by the documentary. As someone who grew up being told that Tiger IS golf, I must say that I did enjoy this quite a bit. I hope the GOAT gets well soon 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Review by Aaron Prescott ★★★½

A heartbreaking story of a human with superhuman talents and godlike daddy issues.
Review by groovydooley

I often don't know how to take these types of docs, especially since were in the thick of this story
Review by schrise ★★★★½

Tiger still on his bullshit!!
Review by ARDJ ★★½

He was good at golf and cheating on his wife.
Review by sashabalazic ★★★½

It’s like the Dark Knight Rises, but golf
Review by MilesofSmiles 🐺 ★★★★

Whereas the titular character in The Last Dance serves as an unreliable narrator, viewers see Tiger solely through the tinted glasses of his friends and reporters. Tiger Woods is a fascinating case study in toxic sports culture and masculinity and this documentary dances with those themes.
Personally I’ve never liked him post-childhood awe.
Tiger’s origin story much like MJ’s was great to watch. Though I wanted the documentary to delve into the notion of forgiveness and collective memory, it started to lose focus once it brought in the trashy National Enquirer guy (who comically is like the personification of Oswald Cobblepot; the documentary knows it too with the slow pan introduction and his accentuated “t” sounds that they choose to include lol). A decent watch despite its flaws and somewhat haunting given recent events, especially with the CA/FL mix-up parallelism.
Review by Erik Weekman ★★★★

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Why does the paparazzi have rights?
Review by parker_shea ★★★★★ 1

“Winning takes care of everything.”
Review by bad_taste_bitch ★★★★

I did not expect to cry like a baby. Would have been great with a deeper dive into race and, of course, tiger’s perspective (but the latter can’t be helped). Hopefully someday we can get a longer docuseries that shows the whole picture
Review by cgood ★★

I felt a little scummy watching this. Sure, Tiger isn’t perfect, but I came away from this just feeling bad for the guy. He could never live a normal life with the amount of attention that was put on him. This documentary attempts to answer the question of “what went wrong?” while adding to the problem somewhat gleefully. The second half is full of gossipy Tmz style bullshit. If you are a true fan of the sport, this is not the Tiger documentary for you. It hurts even more knowing what happens after and that his hardest challenge in life is yet to come.