Slap Shot

Pros: satire and the sadness of aging in a coarsening culture
Cons: longer than it needs to be, 1970s movies show 1970s fashions!

My fellow Minnesota native George Roy Hill (born across the Mississippi River from where I was born and where the Republican Convention was held) is best remembered for two movies he directed that costarred Paul Newman and Robert Redford, "Butch Cassidy ...

Pros: raucous humor, great acting, authentic ice scenes
Cons: what's happening to the town is depressing, especially now

When people think about great sports movies, the ones they usually mention are about football and baseball. You might get some to think of Chariots of Fire or Hoosiers, but in general baseball and football are in the forefront of people’s minds ...

Pros: Mostly realistic.
Cons: Way too much polyester.

Having grown up in and around the game of hockey from the time I was a peewee until now, (though my playing time is greatly reduced due to many commitments), I was keenly interested in this movie when it first came out on the big screen back in...

Pros: All around a pretty good look at the world of pro hockey, funny
Cons: Pretty foul language, eh!

1977's SLAP SHOT remains the ultimate motion picture to deal with the great sport of hockey. I've been a hockey fan for years, and I thought this flick was a fairly realstic portrayal of hockey, and if you're a real hockey fan you'll probably also...

Pros: Fast, funny and entertaining.
Cons: Clichés are allowed to run freely, their genitals to the wind.

I might be perpetuating a stereotype here, but Canadians love hockey. Especially French Canadians. I ...

Pros: Crazy. Many hilarious moments. Paul Newman.
Cons: Feeble attempt at making a social statement screwed up the ending. Michael Ontkean.

SLAP SHOT is a VERY funny movie, provided that you watch it uncut. The language is raw. Trying to watch it on commercial television is torture. Might as well have #*&%$#subtitles! Reminds me of a dubbed Godzilla movie. The story deals with...

Pros: funny, it's hockey ;)
Cons: errr none

Most of you know me to be a really big hockey fan. So, this is quite embarrassing. When I first started dating my boyfriend, now husband... he was shocked to learn I am a hockey fan and Canadian, yet have never seen the classic, Slap...

Pros: Paul Newman, the Hanson Brothers
Cons: Lots (and I mean lots) of swearing, some nudity. Paul Newman's pants.

My husband and I were sitting around talking one night and the movie "Slap Shot" came up. We laughed so hard talking about it that we decided to go right out and buy the darn thing. Problem was, on eBay, it was running kind of pricey, so we went to...

Pros: Great one liners, cartoonish hockey violence.
Cons: Ending a little misplaced, extremely ugly wardrobe

OK, so there haven't been many movies about the great sport of Ice Hockey. Besides the "Mighty Ducks" franchise (the movies, not the team), you have a choice between A Van Damme movie ("Sudden Death") or a Rob Lowe movie...

Pros: great dialogue; standout acting;
Cons: language is edited on tv versions

"Slapshot" is one of those great sports flicks that came out of the 70's.
However, this isn't "Brian's Song" or "Bang the Drum Slowly" by a longshot. Why?? Cause the movie is freakin' hilarious! The slapstick...

Pros: funny and witty
Cons: must watch uncut

slap shot is a funny and enlighting movie. starring paul newman as a down and out player/coach. when the owner decides to sell the team for some fast cash. paul newman tries anything to save the team. they hire three kids the hansen brother"s. with...

Pros: the definitive hockey movie; colorful characters, the Hansons!
Cons: may be too vulgar for prigs and prisses

"Owns! Owns!"

Slap Shot's enduring legacy as the definitive hockey movie is made so by the amount of quotes countless heaps of hockey players have parroted in locker rooms, at bars, and wherever else hockey players congregate.
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Pros: A funny, poignant look at hockey
Cons: I guess you have to like hockey

Slap Shot is my favorite movie. I love hockey, I love Paul Newman, and this movie has ALL of it. It is the story of a mill-town minor league hockey team and its hapless season after money-losing season, until aging player-coach Newman figures out what...

Pros: hilarious
Cons: slow in a couple spots

Remember the good ole days of hockey? You know, before all these wimpy whiny Europeans came into the game and took all the physical play out? Well I do. And even though I'm only 20 years old, the fact is is that this movie is the perfect antidote for...

Pros: Everything!
Cons: Nothing!

Ok, so you call yourself a hockey fan and have not seen Slap Shot? Well, I would venture to say that you are not much of a hockey fan.

Now, granted this movie is not all that it has been made out to be... I mean look at the amount of unreal...