Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean
An off-beat sports comedy. The coach of a third-rate minor league hockey team that will do anything to win.
DVD Release Date: January 5, 1999
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September 8, 2009A riot. Even if Hockey has never been my sport, I think this is the kind of movie that after a while you start to think about the characters as your buddies.
Nevermind the level of sarcasm, senseless violence and gutter language. It says more about the men in the rink, their issu...( read more) -
May 10, 2008the fashion, the hanson brothers, the weird relationships, the 70's... fun movie
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April 15, 2008Slap Shot is a hilarious and vulgar relic that will forever commemorate the decline of hockey during the reign of the Broad Street Bullies in the mid-70s, when the goon-laced Philadelphia Flyers were winning Stanley Cups with the afro-ed Bobby Clarke - parodied in this film as Og...( read more)
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November 28, 2007This is certainly not hilarious but it does hit the right buttons once in a while. The problem with the film is that, after gleefully catering to the bloodthirsty section of the audience for most of its running time, it then hypocritically back-pedals and preaches that violence i...( read more)
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October 9, 2009those one of the best with sports(hockey), violence, very brawling, and plenty of swearing movie ever made. so but im not really hockey fan of the sport but this movie is ROCK! paul newman is great on this role as coach & player. character 3 hansons brothers is the best one keep ...( read more)
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September 23, 2009great movie old time hockey thats what its all about . love old time hockey. paul newman is great in this movie. is a must see fer any hockey fan
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September 23, 2009the first sport classic that all can watch and enjoy. I was almost in the sequle when was in Vancouver.
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August 23, 2009Great movie. Very entertaining tale about a bankrupt ice hockey team, With plenty of great characters and memorable moments, Slap Shot is worth looking out for.
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August 15, 2009Pretty awesome 70s flick. The language and sexual references must have stirred the pot when this first came out. I thought Newman was fantastic as the player-coach, who drank, swore and rooted throughout the whole film.
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