Maybe I was just tired?

Rating: 4/10 (13 July 2007)

I watched this movie fully for the first time ever on video late at night. I wasn't that enthralled by the movie. Paul Newman was not that great or dynamic in this role. I thought the hockey violence was exaggerated, even by hockey standards. The Hanson Brothers were funny, but they were a side story to the plot. The movie seemed awfully dated. I think in 1977, it might have appealed to the libertarian audience who wanted some entertainment. However, today the movie seems awfully dated. I also felt that there was poor character development. You never really got to know what was really going on between the hockey player and his girlfriend. Then, suddenly the young hockey player sees his girlfriend and starts stripping. Is this supposed to be fantasy, reality, or satire. It was never clear. The ending was very confusing. I guess the part I did like was when Newman's character goes to meet the snobbish owner of the team. It really highlighted how business could be so cold and impersonal. In general, I wasn't that impressed by this movie, and found it a bit boring. I don't think that the hockey World is that insane. And if this was supposed to be comedy, the creators of this movie couldn't decide whether they were making a comedy or a documentary.