This movie
may not be Paul Newman’s proudest artistic moment, but it is damned funny
nevertheless.
This is
another ice hockey movie, but one conspicuously less serious than my first
offering, Mystery, Alaska. It concerns the activities of a minor
league team from “Somewhere South of Saskatoon”. They are terrible. They are about to be deep-sixed. But…..they are saved by the arrival of three
brothers from some area of Canada where death by hockey stick is not murder and
the game is a blood sport. Salvation is
abetted by an ice-arena strip tease performed by the only team member to have
graduated grade school. And by Newman,
who can’t avoid being good. Slap Shot is a genuine Oldie, released
in 1968 I think. Not that you care.
By and
large, this is a flic well worth the viewing.
B
Hey Myrl, I was thinking about this movie a few weeks ago. I have a small friend, 7 years old, who is loving hockey. I remembered this movie and how horrible but hilarious it was and--of course--how cool and great Paul Newman was. Maybe I just don't honor hockey the way I should, but I hold this movie in high regard. My small friend's mother wouldn't let me suggest it to him. (Maybe later.)
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