Slap Shot

Pros: raucous humor, great acting, authentic ice scenes

Cons: what's happening to the town is depressing, especially now

The Bottom Line: Paul Newman is terrific in his role as an aging minor league hockey player who must change his playing style late in the game.

Review: When people think about great sports movies, the ones they usually mention are about football and baseball. You might get some to think of Chariots of Fire or Hoosiers, but in general baseball and football are in the forefront of people’s minds ...

Pros: Mostly realistic.

Cons: Way too much polyester.

Review: Having grown up in and around the game of hockey from the time I was a peewee until now, (though my playing time is greatly reduced due to many commitments), I was keenly interested in this movie when it first came out on the big screen back in...

Pros: All around a pretty good look at the world of pro hockey, funny

Cons: Pretty foul language, eh!

The Bottom Line: One entertaining movie. If you like hockey, then you have GOT to see it. If not, check it out anyway and you'll be happy you did.

Review: 1977's SLAP SHOT remains the ultimate motion picture to deal with the great sport of hockey. I've been a hockey fan for years, and I thought this flick was a fairly realstic portrayal of hockey, and if you're a real hockey fan you'll probably also...

Pros: funny, it's hockey ;)

Cons: errr none

The Bottom Line: Read Below...

Review: Most of you know me to be a really big hockey fan. So, this is quite embarrassing. When I first started dating my boyfriend, now husband... he was shocked to learn I am a hockey fan and Canadian, yet have never seen the classic, Slap...

Pros: Great one liners, cartoonish hockey violence.

Cons: Ending a little misplaced, extremely ugly wardrobe

Review: OK, so there haven't been many movies about the great sport of Ice Hockey. Besides the "Mighty Ducks" franchise (the movies, not the team), you have a choice between A Van Damme movie ("Sudden Death") or a Rob Lowe movie...

Pros: great dialogue; standout acting;

Cons: language is edited on tv versions

Review:
"Slapshot" is one of those great sports flicks that came out of the 70's.
However, this isn't "Brian's Song" or "Bang the Drum Slowly" by a longshot. Why?? Cause the movie is freakin' hilarious! The slapstick...

Pros: Great hockey movie

Cons: Polyester suits and 70's music

Review: If your a hockey fan like me you may remember the old days of hockey. When men crashed into the boards to get the puck from the opposing player. Grit, grinding and toughness were all words used to describe the type of players the team had. Than youll...

Pros: funny and witty

Cons: must watch uncut

Review: slap shot is a funny and enlighting movie. starring paul newman as a down and out player/coach. when the owner decides to sell the team for some fast cash. paul newman tries anything to save the team. they hire three kids the hansen brother"s. with...

Pros: A funny, poignant look at hockey

Cons: I guess you have to like hockey

Review: Slap Shot is my favorite movie. I love hockey, I love Paul Newman, and this movie has ALL of it. It is the story of a mill-town minor league hockey team and its hapless season after money-losing season, until aging player-coach Newman figures out what...

Pros: the definitive hockey movie; colorful characters, the Hansons!

Cons: may be too vulgar for prigs and prisses

Review: "Owns! Owns!"

Slap Shot's enduring legacy as the definitive hockey movie is made so by the amount of quotes countless heaps of hockey players have parroted in locker rooms, at bars, and wherever else hockey players congregate.
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