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McCracken rating:
7
Comedy A rougher version of George Roy Hill's pet theme of men as overaged adolescents, SLAP SHOT stars Paul Newman as Reggie Dunlop, the venerable player-coach of the Charlestown Chiefs, a fifth-rate minor league hockey team. When their blue-collar town falls prey to Rust Belt ills of the 1970s, attendance drops, and the greedy owner starts looking for a buyer, anxious to cash out. Dunlop is informed that the players need to crank up the box ... [+]
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  • es
January 31, 2007
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Algo más que una divertida comedia, un clásico en el escaso y casi nunca acertado género del cine deportivo. La aportación de Paul Newman eleva el nivel de este desenfrenado film que nos deja tres perlas que son casi un mito en mundo del Hockey: los hermanos Hanson.
A raiz del éxito de los personajes se llegó a realizar bastantes años después una segunda parte (Slap Shot 2) que más vale no recordar.
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