The funniest sports movie of all time

Rating: 10/10 (2 November 2000)

The funniest sports movie of all-time, while at the same time offering commentary about flash over substance direction of sports. Might be Paul Newman's most unusual role, a minor league player-coach of the local hockey team, and the lengths he'll go to keep the team from folding. Strother Martin is hilarious as the team's GM, and Michael Ontkean is well cast as the team's leading scorer and voice of reason. Not a scene goes by without some serious profanity, but this is a sports movie. The fashion show scene, the Hanrahan-wife's-a-dyke scene and 'putting on the foil' are classics.