Slap Shot

Pros: Unexpected humor, Hanson brothers

Cons: none

Review: One of the best classic hockey movies out there. I remember seeing this movie for the first time when I was younger, thought it was funny then, and now at 29 I find it funnier and funnier everytime I watch it.

A crappy team known for it's...

Pros: Good comedy

Cons: Language

Review: This is probably the funniest movie that has been made about hockey.Based on a hockey team from Pennsylvania(Johnstown Jets)the movie starts out slow but picks up the pace.The language is raw but you have to see it un-cut to enjoy the full...

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...

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: Classic Hockey movie, very funny

Cons: A bit lame at times

The Bottom Line: Rent or buy this classic today!

Review: Slap Shot where to start? Talk about countless famous lines that are tossed around in hockey lockerooms and on the ice that have come from this movie. I remember many a great laugh at other teams expense while taunting them with lines from the...

Pros: satire and the sadness of aging in a coarsening culture

Cons: longer than it needs to be, 1970s movies show 1970s fashions!

The Bottom Line: A bit_long but very sardonic view of sports-as-entertainment and business calculations, and a look at aging hockey-playing males who are reluctant_to_grow_up and "do_right" by their women.

Review: My fellow Minnesota native George Roy Hill (born across the Mississippi River from where I was born and where the Republican Convention was held) is best remembered for two movies he directed that costarred Paul Newman and Robert Redford, "Butch...