Slap Shot (1980)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 3
Raunchy, violent, and very funny, Slap Shot is ultimately set apart by a wonderful comic performance by Paul Newman.
Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 2
Raunchy, violent, and very funny, Slap Shot is ultimately set apart by a wonderful comic performance by Paul Newman.
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Paul Newman plays Reggie Dunlop, the coach of a pathetic minor-league American hockey team. His career at a standstill and his marriage in tatters, Dunlop has nothing to lose by taking on a new group of players who are one evolutionary step above Neanderthals. Only when the team begins winning does he decide to get behind these players, and to encourage the rest of the team to play as down-and-dirty as the newcomers. Straight-arrow team member Ned Braden (Michael Ontkean) resents this influx of
Jan 5, 1999
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Paul Newman
Reggie Dunlop -
Strother Martin
Joe McGrath -
Michael Ontkean
Ned Braden -
Jennifer Warren
Francine Dunlop -
Lindsay Crouse
Lily Braden -
Jerry Houser
"Killer" Carson -
Andrew Duncan
Jim Carr -
Jeff Carlson
Jeff Hanson -
Steve Carlson
Steve Hanson -
David Hanson
Jack Hanson -
Yvon Barrette
Denis Le Mieux -
Allan F. Nicholls
Johnny Upton -
Brad Sullivan
Wanchuk -
Stephen Mendillo
Jim Ahern -
Yvan Ponton
Drouin -
Matthew Cowles
Charlie -
Kathryn Walker
Anita McCambridge -
Melinda Dillon
Suzanne Hanrahan -
M. Emmet Walsh
Dickie Dunn -
Paul D'Amato
Tim McCracken -
Ned Dowd
Ogilthorpe -
Nancy Dowd
Andrea -
Larry Block
Peterboro Referee -
Paul Dooley
Hyannisport Announcer -
Swoosie Kurtz
Shirley/Helen Upton -
Christopher Murney
Tommy Hanrahan -
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All Critics (25) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (4) | DVD (2)
Slap Shot may have done a lot of fast skating and some solid body checking, but in the last period it makes a final costly slip -- and misses its goal.
There are still some nice touches of absurdist satirical wit hanging out along the sidelines, given extra bite by Dede Allen's superbly pacy editing.
Slap Shot has a kind of vitality to it that overwhelms most of the questions relating to consistency of character and point of view.
Half the time Hill invites the audience to get off on the mayhem, the other half of the time he decries it.
Top CriticOften raucously funny and subversive, Slap Shot is one of the few sports movies that is openly contemptuous of its sport, or at least the modern state of it.
"Slap Shot" is a sports movie that revels in details of milieu, plot and character. Smokestacks billow white plumes from a perpetually overcast industrial skyline. Everything is old and weather beaten. Every victory is tainted.
Countless profanity penalties in ''70s hockey spoof.
An unsually abrasive sporting drama from director Hill.
Raw, raunchy, and absolutely hilarious.
This film is full of friendly slap shots, romantic icing, and passionate goals. It's well worth checking out.
Funny, frank, and violent, George Roy Hill's absorbing film about minor league hockey offers a wonderful comic performance from Newman.
The quintessential hockey flick
Pushed the puck for nudity and language of its time.
Best sports movie ever. Period.
Fingindo criticar a glorificação da violência e sua utilização como espetáculo, o filme comete os mesmos erros que supostamente condena.
One of the funniest sports movies ever.
Audience Reviews for Slap Shot
Super Reviewer
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- Reggie Dunlop: They brought their fuckin' toys with 'em.
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- Denis Le Mieux: Joe, who own the Chiefs?
- Joe McGrath: Owns! Owns!
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- Denis Le Mieux: My h'allergies you know to these fucking fans has returned.
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- Johnny Upton: These guys are a fucking disgrace.
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