Excellent Movie

Rating: 9/10 (3 September 2013)

This was a great movie starring Kurt Russell as the great American ice hockey coach Herb Brooks. During the movie, we see the challenges he has to face in taking college kids from different parts of the United States and forging them into a cohesive unit. We see eventually the barriers between the Massachusetts players and Midwestern players come down.
Brooks is not content with a bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. Through strict discipline and no acceptance of quitting, he pushes his team to the limit. His strong-armed coaching even has his assistant Craig Patrick shaking his head as well as the U.S. Olympic hockey federation who clearly believe Brooks is in over his head.
The most enjoyable part of the movie besides the hockey action is Kurt Russell giving a speech to his players at the later part of the film. It is clearly one of the best movie speeches you will ever hear. It has special meaning as he tries to rally a group of college kids against the world's best hockey team (who are professionals) to victory at a time when the United States' place in the world was shaky.