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The best film of 2004! Walt Disney himself couldn't have done any better! Great performances all around!
Take a bow, Kurt Russell and Co.!
And Patricia Clarkson's best since
the Dead Pool in 1988 with C.Eastwood.
Recreates the improbable 1980 Lake
Placid, N.Y. Olympic American Men's
Hockey win over the Commies in pro-
per prespective. Recreates also all
the stupidity going on in knuckle-
head Jimmy Carter's America. Habitat
"for Humanity", my keester! The 2-DVD
set has a great piece with the late,
great Herb Brooks, who died several
months after filming in an auto acci-
dent in Minnesota @ age 66. Wonderful
movie for the whole family and some-
thing to be proud about as an Amer-I-
can! The greatest Olympic win ever!

Probably one of the best "Sports" movies I've ever seen
I will give this much of a preface: I don't watch many movies in general. However, considering that this movie was based on actual events from the 1980 Miracle On Ice Men's Hockey Teams, I figured that this had to be better than the 1981 "Miracle On Ice" with Karl Malden and Steve Guttenberg. My assumptions were proven right!

The production staff in this film put months of R+D into this movie. (Watch the supplemental DVD about the making of the movie. That says it all right there.) I was thoroughly impressed with how they turned actual hockey players into actors for this movie. I was also impressed with how they kept the focus on Herb Brooks' determination to beat the Soviet Union. (BTW, for those of you reviewers out there who say that the Soviets "threw" the game to ease tensions between us and them, check your facts. Mike Eruzione, the team captain, said in an interview on XM 204's Home Ice that those same Russians have come back to him years later and said that they still can't believe they lost the game back in Lake Placid.)

Here's another sidenote: when Home Ice did a 26th anniversary show dedicated to the American triumph over the Soviets, they brought back players like Ken Morrow and Neal Broten -- to name a few. They made it perfectly clear that both movies that were based on their team really made Herb Brooks out to be much softer than he really was. Remember that scene where he had them skate back and forth on the ice after a game against Norway, even when the lights were turned out? That lasted an hour. According to them, he was an extremely tough coach.

Granted, there are some who say that there should have been some more off-ice drama. I say, "Not at all". Whatever was off-ice in the movie perfectly complemented the storyline.

Here's my final sidenote: if it wasn't for Herb Brooks, US Hockey would not be where it is today. The 2006 NHL Entry Draft is proof of this. Ten Americans were picked in the first round, and that had never happened before.

It's just a shame that Herb Brooks didn't live to see the finished product from this movie.

Great movie...not just for hockey buffs!
I am not really a sports lover, and movies that are about sports, sports teams, coaches, etc...well, they 'miss' more often than 'hit' with me.

That said, I'm old enough that I remember the Olympic games where "Miracle" occurred. I remember the thrill, the excitement, the way that it brought folks in our community together in a very special way. It was a very moving event.

This movie does justice to those memories. Kurt Russell is wonderful as the coach. And I was amazed to watch the 'special/bonus features' on the DVD afterwards, and learn that almost all of the main actors were actually NOT actors to begin with, but actual hockey players who were recruited based upon their hockey skills, how much they resembled the Olympic players they were representing, and LASTLY their 'acting skills'. And knowing Mike Eruzioni, I can vouch for how closely the actor who represented HIM speaks/looks/acts like Mike!

My whole family (none of us hockey fans) loved this movie.
I highly recommend it to anyone...it's a clean movie, so it's great for kid-viewing. But it's mainly just a great movie, good for anyone's viewing.

A+++

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