4/4  One of the best!
This is one of the best sports movies of all time. Newman plays an aging hockey player that comes up with a string of lies to motivate his minor league team to win, and they need it. The team is comprised of old players, young players, pre... (read full)

4/4  Slap Shot Quick Review
This is THE GREATEST sports movie of all time.

5/5 great gift at a great value
  by Donna M. Curtis (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Will make a great xmas gift, love hockey and son will enjoy watching this old time movie.

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2/5 A dull and often simplistic movie, one of Newman's worst
  by Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com))
Paul Newman has had many roles where he played dynamic and complex personalities. This is not one of them; Newman is the head coach of a minor league hockey team that is suffering financially and about to be folded. Newman's solution is to turn the team into a goon squad, where the players now fight more than skating and the crowds are wild. The action on the ice has more in common with professional wrestling than it does with sports. Attendance soars and the team is now profitable. Newman is crude, dropping the f-word everywhere, including in a meeting where he encounters the female owner of the team for the first time.
Newman also has other female relationship problems, he is separated from his wife and they are both seeing other people. The simplicity of his approach to life and hockey is not attractive, although at the end, he wants to play the championship game as one of hockey. No more muggings for the crowd, he wants to make it a real game. Of course, Newman's team wins the championship but in the most absurd manner possible. The case describes the movie as "outrageously funny", but to me it never gets beyond the "outrage" segment.


5/5 Slap Shot 25th Anniversary edition
  by C. Franks (ALTOONA, PA United States)
This has to be the greatest hockey movie ever. The acting by Strother Martin and Paul Newman is very good. This DVD adds the commentary of the 'Hanson brothers'. It's adult only content so watch it first before you decide if it is appropriate for your kids. If you have played hockey back in the 'old days' or know someone who has, this is truly a great movie.

1/5 Slapshot Disappointment
  by Thomas J. Whitling (Maryland)
Being such a big hockey fan, I can't explain why I had never watched this movie. With 25 years of build up, I was really looking forward to it. Wow, was I disappointed. I didn't expect technically good hockey playing, I know it's a comedy, but to me it really wasn't funny either. Maybe 25 years ago, when I was in my twenties, I might have laughed.

4/5 TERRIFIC
  by Patticake (PA)
I was SO happy to find this movie. it was received 2 days before the 'promised by' date. Would definitely do business with this vendor again