Youngblood

Youngblood (1986)

  • 33% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (8,549 ratings)

Rob Lowe stars as the title character, a young hockey prodigy with a gift for scoring, but no such penchant for pugilism -- when the gloves drop, so does he. Despite his fragility, Coach Chadwick (Ed Lauter) takes him on the roster for his stick-handling ability alone. However, he ends up being sent… More

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R, 1 hr. 51 min.
Directed By
Peter Markle
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jan 31, 1986 Wide
On DVD
May 22, 2001
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    So gay that it's almost possible to see the film as a comment that the real audience for movies like this are pre-sexual little boys and homosexual big boys.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Its advocacy of violence as the only way to victory is nothing to cheer about.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    I saw this sports romance movie on TV about a month ago, and I thought it was pretty good, especially with the two hot stars Lowe and Swayze, but it could've been better, less predictable, I mean.

  • Conner R


    It's really 80s oriented and completely ridiculous half of the time, but there's a really good story within it as well. Rob Lowe parades around as the ultimate beefcake and Brat Pack star at the time, learning from the wise ways of Patrick Swayze. I think it's… More

  • David L


    Youngblood is a by-the-numbers sports story, of the "underdog youth makes good" variety. Within this framework, the actual sports change from film to film, and sometimes the stories are about a team rather than one individual, but the basic curve of excitement never changes.… More

  • Cassie H


    This movie is a great movie about hockey,and Rob Lowe was adorable in this,and so was Patrick Swayze

  • Lady D


    Loved this film as a kid.

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