Slap Shot (25th Anniversary Special Edition)

Slap Shot (25th Anniversary Special Edition) Review

This is a rough and profane comedy. Generally I don't think profanity helps a movie, and think it's overuse has ruined many films. But there is something about this film in which it just seems to belong. Newman talking nasty, in character and appropriate to the scene, seemed realistic....which made it funny. I'v heard about this film for a long time...and now after watching it I'm a beleiver. There are many laugh out loud parts, and many intriguing characters. There is an outrageous ending, out of left field, that makes complete sense in relation to the story. This is a good film to share with your buddies.

Slap Shot (25th Anniversary Special Edition) Feature

• NEWMAN/MARTIN/ONTKEAN/WARREN

Slap Shot (25th Anniversary Special Edition) Overview

The story of the player/coach of a fading hockey team who finds a way to keep it going.

Slap Shot (25th Anniversary Special Edition) Specifications

Paul Newman and his Butch Cassidy director, George Roy Hill, made a very original comedy in this 1977 story of an over-the-hill player/coach (Newman) for a lousy hockey team who gets results when he teaches his players to get dirty. One of the most hilariously profane movies ever to come out of Hollywood, this is the kind of film that makes its own rules as it goes along. Newman is very good, and while Hill goes for the gusto in terms of capturing the violence of this world, his instinct for comedy has never been sharper. Great support from Strother Martin, Paul Dooley, and the rest. --Tom Keogh

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