• R, 1 hr. 55 min.
  • Drama, Comedy
  • Directed By:
    Jay Roach
    In Theaters:
    Oct 1, 1999 Wide
    On DVD:
    May 9, 2000
  • Buena Vista

Opening

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Coming Soon

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Mystery, Alaska Reviews

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James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Full Review Source: ReelViews | Original Score: 2.5/4

January 1, 2000
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The world's first hockey sitcom movie.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Original Score: 6/10

January 1, 2000
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | Original Score: D

January 1, 2000
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Burt Reynolds, please retire from movies!

January 1, 2000
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

The first sixty minutes is one of the worst hours of film I've seen all year.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Original Score: 2.5/5

January 1, 2000
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

| Original Score: 1.5/4

May 14, 2003
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

O roteiro cria uma série de subtramas que jamais se tornam relevantes e - o que é pior - mergulham no mais puro clichê.

| Original Score: 2/5

September 2, 2004
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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It's a sort of adult The Mighty Ducks that stretches and strains in the direction of The Last Picture Show, but falls flat on the ice.

Full Review Source: Washington Post

January 1, 2000
Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today
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If you drop the "c" in hockey you get a perfect description of Mystery, Alaska.

| Original Score: 2/4

January 1, 2000
Robert Koehler
Variety
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Mild and underwhelming.

Full Review Source: Variety

January 1, 2000
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Original Score: C

September 7, 2011
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

The only thing that saves it from being total trash is the skill of the lead actors, who make the best out of nothing.

Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | Original Score: 1.5/5

February 28, 2002
Jim Judy
Screen It!

Lacks the creative spark found in Kelley's TV shows.

Full Review Source: Screen It!

January 1, 2000
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online

This latest hockey opus is standard polar fare, Picket Fences on ice, so to speak.

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | Original Score: 1.5/4

January 1, 2000
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

The film's aspirations were higher in the planning stages than what was translated to film.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | Original Score: 2/4

January 1, 2000
John Hartl
Seattle Times
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Crowe gives the kind of thoughtful performance that suggests what Mystery, Alaska could have been if it had stayed in focus.

January 1, 2000
Cornell & Petricelli
CinemaSense.Com

Full Review Source: CinemaSense.Com | Original Score: 2/4

January 1, 2000
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Full Review Source: Cinematter | Original Score: 2/4

January 1, 2000
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

At neither a comedy nor a drama does it come close to succeeding.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | Original Score: 1.5/4

January 1, 2000
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw's Screening Room

Plain inexcusable!

Full Review Source: Scott Renshaw's Screening Room | Original Score: 4/10

January 1, 2000
Annlee Ellingson
Boxoffice Magazine
June 5, 2002
Susan Granger
rec.arts.movies.reviews
January 1, 2000
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
April 9, 2005
Mac Verstandig
Moviereviews.org

January 1, 2000
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile
February 14, 2001
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

January 1, 2000
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper
January 1, 2000
Gary Brown
Houston Community Newspapers
January 1, 2000
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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February 14, 2001
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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April 27, 2007

Empire Magazine
January 1, 2000

Boston Phoenix
March 24, 2002

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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February 21, 2004
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