Own-zah! Own-zah!

Rating: Null/10 (9 June 2004)

My wife and I love to pop in this movie every so often and laugh together with this rag-tag group of hockey players that turn around the fortunes of a season with a physical, violent style of play. The movie does drag at some times, but there are plenty of laughs, especially from the on-ice action that does not always revolve around the game. Most impressive is the extraordinary number of characters on the club that are so memorable: the infamous - need I saw more? - Hanson brothers, Denis and his difficulty with the English language, Morris and his unhealthy fascination with the opposite sex, Dave "Killer" Carlson and his pursuit of Zen, and Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) who works every corner to save the club from folding. It's "The Bad News Bears" on ice and it's worth sitting through at least once.
Four out of five stars.