For a small group of fans...

Rating: 4/10 (4 November 2004)

Now, I'm not a hockey fan yet alone an American one, but I can't see how anyone could take a liking in this film. It's just your typical 'group of friends' vs 'mean but superior opponents', and we all know who's going to win...
The thing that really bugged me though was the complete lack of character development with any of the players, the whole story seemed to revolve about the coach (a decent Kurt Russell). And he's just not that darn interesting...
So the only people that could be interested in it are either hockey fans or patriotic Americans, and preferably both. And even then one might be a bit bored after an hour or so...
For me: 4/10.