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Slap Shot

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 3m
  •  (1)
  • 61

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

George Roy Hill

Producer:

Stephen J. Friedman, Robert J. Wunsch

Writer:

Nancy Dowd

Release Date:

Feb 25, 1977

Runtime:

2hr 3m

Synopsis

A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.

Cast

  • Paul Newman
  • Strother Martin
  • Michael Ontkean
  • Jennifer Warren
  • Lindsay Crouse
  • Jerry Houser
  • Andrew Duncan
  • Jeff Carlson
  • Steve Carlson
  • David Hanson

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Metacritic

61
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Based on 9 Critics
8.5

USER SCORE (12)

Universal acclaim based on 12 Reviews
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Slap Shot comes at you like a boisterous drunk. At first glance it appears harmlessly funny, in an extravagantly foul-mouthed sort of way. However, there's a mean streak beneath the cartoon surface tha makes one feel uneasy about humoring this particular durnk for too long.

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Metacritic review by Gary Arnold
Gary Arnold
Washington Post
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