The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,032 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, slick promoters and millionaire athletes come together.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes36%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
291 audience votes
Key crew
- Jay RoachDirector
- David E. KelleyWriter
- Sean O'ByrneWriter
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Russell CroweJohn Biebe
- Hank AzariaCharles Danner
- Mary McCormackDonna Biebe
- Burt ReynoldsJudge Walter Burns
- Lolita DavidovichMary Jane Pitcher
- Ron Eldard'Skank' Marden
- Colm MeaneyMayor Scott Pitcher
- Maury ChaykinBailey Pruitt
- Michael McKeanMr. Walsh
- Judith IveyJoanne Burns
- Scott Grimes'Birdie' Burns
- Adam BeachGalin Winetka
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Themes
sportsice hockeyalaskasport competitionestranged couplesmall town sheriffjealous husbandforced retirementfather son conflictreturn to birthplaceadmiringadoring