A hockey team on the ropes resorts to acting like goons to get fans back and turn morale around. A hockey precurser to Major League, I still liked it, a bunch. For some reason I thought it was going to be more...geared towards kids? A la Bad News Bears or the like, probably because of the title? Nope, more "mature" than that. From the opening scene at the news station, the fashion show at the mall, to them actually shooting at real rinks where everything looks scuzzy and used (because it was) - loved it. During their commentary track, the Carlson brothers (who play the Hansons) identified most if not all the rinks and had funny, interesting or crazy stories about what happened at each. OMG young everyone: #PaulNewman, #SwoosieKurtz, #MEmmettWalsh, #MelindaDillon, and #PaulDooley, among others. Also helmets weren't required until '79, so they're all skating around w/o them - so odd, but lot of the actors were either semi/pro players, like the Carlson Brothers (2/3rds of whom were in the movie) and #MichaelOntkean, who turned down a spot with the Rangers prior to his acting career, along with a bunch of players on other teams. Written by the sister of #NedDowd (Olithorpe) who had played with the Carlson brothers, a lot of the events in the movie actually happened to the Carlson brothers and, before deciding to make it a comedy about a hockey team, the movie almost became a documentary of sorts about the Carlsons. Would buy the movie even with the almost overuse of "Right Back Where We Started From". this movie makes me wish i could skate - gahh. #ssmovieof2016 #comedy #drama #hockey #BleedAllOverEm #LetEmKnowYoureThere #LindsayCrouse #JerryHouser #AndrewDuncan #JeffCarlson #SteveCarlson #DavidHanson #YvonBarrett #AllanFNicholls #BradSullivan #StephenMendillo #KathrynWalker #PaulDAmato #JenniferWarren writer: #NancyDowd director: #GeorgeRoyHill movie of 2016 number 51) #SlapShot