Disney-ized version of the story

Rating: 7/10 (7 June 2004)

Check out the HBO documentary Miracle on Ice or the 1981 Karl Malden version before watching this one.
Herb Brooks was a very intense, emotional man whose language doesn't fit into the Disney universe. Unfortunately, the Kurt Russell character seems more like the Emilio Estevez coach in Mighty Ducks.
Overall the film does a good job in recreating the 1980 miracle but it does not satisfy this viewer with the raw emotion that was so palpable in 1980.
The HBO documentary is much better in delivering the story and has interviews with the players, Herb Brooks and Al Michaels.