Oddly Not Captivating

Rating: 6/10 (20 January 2019)

27 December 2008. This attempts to replicate and dramatize the real life story of the miracle U.S. Hockey Team's win over the Soviets in the 1980 International Olympic Games at Lake Placid, New York. However, while captures some interesting highpoints, the movie strangely misses the personal stories, the emotionally compelling human interest that defines the unique, memorable personalities of this real human drama. In a paradox, the real life coach Herb Brook's story of unifying a young team of individual hockey players resulted in just that, a movie about a team, not about interesting personalities and stories that interest. The movie's potential to help capture the thrill of this historic moment was diminished somewhat by the more traditional photography with only glimpses of genuine interesting historic tidbits.