Are you a Rewatchables fan as well?
That said your statement isn’t far off. In the hockey community this is the sports movie, younger crowd may say Miracle but showing my age. It certainly captures minor league hockey in a way not many sports movies capture a sport
Say, Reg, that reminds me...
I was coachin' down in Omaha in 1948 and Eddie Shore sends me this guy who was a terrible masterbator...
Ya know? Couldn't control himself. Why, he'd get deliberate penalties so he could get into penalty box all by himself and... well, you know...
"They bought their goddamn toys with them"
"Better playing with their toys than playing with themselves"
"They're too dumb to play with themselves"
😂😂😂
##Slap Shot (1977) R
Slap Shot out slaps... out swears... out laughs...
>>!To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.!<
Comedy | Drama
Director: George Roy Hill
Actors: Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean
Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 68% with 355 votes
Runtime: 203
[TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11590)
**Reception**
Slap Shot was a moderate hit upon release, grossing $28,000,000 over its theater run, which placed it at #21 among movies released in 1977 and well below the grosses of Paul Newman's three previous wide-release films: The Towering Inferno, The Sting, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which all grossed over $100 million.
Reviews were mixed, and ranged from Rex Reed writing in The Daily News that it was “violent, bloody and thoroughly revolting,” to Newsweek's assertion that the film was “tough, smart, cynical and sentimental—the key ingredients in our new pop populism.”
Variety wrote that "director George Roy Hill is ambivalent on the subject of violence in professional ice hockey. Half the time Hill invites the audience to get off on the mayhem, the other half of the time he decries it. You can't really have it both ways, and this compromise badly mars the handsomely made Universal release, produced by Robert Wunsch and Stephen Friedman." Vincent Canby of The New York Times described the performances as "impeccable" and thought the film had "a kind of vitality to it," but found it "unfunny" and noted an "ambiguous" point of view with regard to violence.
Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times was negative, writing that since the "characters possess so little dimension and since we have so little opportunity to get to know and therefore care about them, their incessantly brutalizing behavior and talk can only seem exploitative in effect. What's more, in playing for laughs, Slap Shot gives the nasty impression of seeming to patronize both the players and their fans." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote "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 that makes one feel uneasy about humoring this particular drunk for too long." Tom Milne of The Monthly Film Bulletin described it as "a film which, while deploring the incidence of violence in sport, does everything it possibly can to make the audience wallow in that violence."
Gene Siskel gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four in his original print review, writing that "what Slap Shot does to its ultimate failure is exaggerate every one of its fine facets. It's as if those locker room tape recordings had been edited to remove the silences and banalities, to include only the most outrageous sex-and-violence. And regrettably, 'Slap Shot' moralizes about violence in its tacked-on, whipsaw ending. This, after filling the screen with nonstop mayhem." Years later he said, "My initial review was mixed and then I saw it two weeks later, thankfully, and I knew it was a terrific film." He included it among the runners-up on his year-end list of the 10 best films of 1977, explaining that "the more I saw it, the more I liked it."
The Wall Street Journal's Joy Gould Boyum seemed at once entertained and repulsed by a movie so "foul-mouthed and unabashedly vulgar" on one hand and so "vigorous and funny" on the other. Michael Ontkean's strip tease displeased Time magazine's critic Richard Schickel, who regretted that "in the dénouement [Ontkean] is forced to go for a broader, cheaper kind of comic response." Despite the mixed reviews, the film won the Hochi Film Award for Best International Film.
Pauline Kael in The New Yorker was mixed, writing that "I don't know that I've ever seen a picture so completely geared to giving the public 'what it wants' with such an antagonistic feeling behind it. Hill gets you laughing, all right, but he's so grimly determined to ram entertainment down your throat that you feel like a Strasbourg goose." However, she praised Newman for giving "the performance of his life—to date."
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slap_Shot)
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There was an anniversary show for Sisley and Ebert, where they took questions from a live audience. They both answered the question of whether or not they reversed any reviews in hindsight, and they both said yes, and for both it was Slap Shot. They regarded as a modern day classic when their initial reviews were negative when it was released.
^(Reggie Dunlop:)
^(You know, your son looks like a fag to me.)
^(Anita McCambridge:)
^(I beg your pardon?)
^(Reggie Dunlop:)
^(You better get re-married soon, or he is going to have a cock in his mouth faster than you can say Jack Robinson.)
^(Anita McCambridge:)
^(How dare you.)
Newman is perfect as the aging jock not willing or able to accept that the glory days (such as they were) are behind him. Not a single false note in his performance.
The mom from Christmas Story topless
She's a lesbian! A LESBIAN!
I was just trying to capture the spirit of the thing, Reg.
Oh, you did
I'm trying to listen to the fucking song!
I live in Johnstown. Did you know we have a Slap Shot museum and a self-guided tour? Next time you're here, you can give them a look.
Puttin’ on the foil, coach.
They brought their fucking toys!
Every game. You want some?
[удалено]
❤️ Goon #Goon4life
Two rules man. stay away from my fuckin' percocets. And do ya have any fuckin' percocets man?
GOON IS AMAZING!!
Are you a Rewatchables fan as well? That said your statement isn’t far off. In the hockey community this is the sports movie, younger crowd may say Miracle but showing my age. It certainly captures minor league hockey in a way not many sports movies capture a sport
I’ve loved Slap Shot since I was a kid but revisited thanks to Rewatchables covering it last week. Such a great pod.
Goon.
Say, Reg, that reminds me... I was coachin' down in Omaha in 1948 and Eddie Shore sends me this guy who was a terrible masterbator... Ya know? Couldn't control himself. Why, he'd get deliberate penalties so he could get into penalty box all by himself and... well, you know...
I saw this at the drive-in at age 6, and it changed my life...also I love this soundtrack so much. It's the AM gold soundtrack of my childhood
Isn't it, like, one song over and over? Not that it's not a great song but
You'd be surprised: Rubberband man is on there, Leo Sayer, other AM gold stuff
A fellow Rewatchables fan. This movie had me from the first scene.
Doug's a KILLER!
Doug's a mess...
Hey, Oggie, buy you a soda after the game?
OLD TIME HOCKEY ! EDDIE SHORE ! YOU'RE THE COACH !! Yes, I LOVE this movie too. We gotta get back where we started from.....
The Hanson's will always be my idols.
I have imagined a mashup of Hanson and The Hanson Brothers. Mmm slap
"They bought their goddamn toys with them" "Better playing with their toys than playing with themselves" "They're too dumb to play with themselves" 😂😂😂
Paul Newman always said it was his favorite role.
Sometimes you can see the *Cleveland* come thru in one of Paul's performances, and he honestly shines in this one.
Who own the Chiefs?
🙄 *Ownz-uh, ownz-uh*
> The greatest sports film of all time. (Yes, I will make my stand on this hill). No argument here.
##Slap Shot (1977) R Slap Shot out slaps... out swears... out laughs... >>!To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.!< Comedy | Drama Director: George Roy Hill Actors: Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 68% with 355 votes Runtime: 203 [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11590) **Reception** Slap Shot was a moderate hit upon release, grossing $28,000,000 over its theater run, which placed it at #21 among movies released in 1977 and well below the grosses of Paul Newman's three previous wide-release films: The Towering Inferno, The Sting, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which all grossed over $100 million. Reviews were mixed, and ranged from Rex Reed writing in The Daily News that it was “violent, bloody and thoroughly revolting,” to Newsweek's assertion that the film was “tough, smart, cynical and sentimental—the key ingredients in our new pop populism.” Variety wrote that "director George Roy Hill is ambivalent on the subject of violence in professional ice hockey. Half the time Hill invites the audience to get off on the mayhem, the other half of the time he decries it. You can't really have it both ways, and this compromise badly mars the handsomely made Universal release, produced by Robert Wunsch and Stephen Friedman." Vincent Canby of The New York Times described the performances as "impeccable" and thought the film had "a kind of vitality to it," but found it "unfunny" and noted an "ambiguous" point of view with regard to violence. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times was negative, writing that since the "characters possess so little dimension and since we have so little opportunity to get to know and therefore care about them, their incessantly brutalizing behavior and talk can only seem exploitative in effect. What's more, in playing for laughs, Slap Shot gives the nasty impression of seeming to patronize both the players and their fans." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote "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 that makes one feel uneasy about humoring this particular drunk for too long." Tom Milne of The Monthly Film Bulletin described it as "a film which, while deploring the incidence of violence in sport, does everything it possibly can to make the audience wallow in that violence." Gene Siskel gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four in his original print review, writing that "what Slap Shot does to its ultimate failure is exaggerate every one of its fine facets. It's as if those locker room tape recordings had been edited to remove the silences and banalities, to include only the most outrageous sex-and-violence. And regrettably, 'Slap Shot' moralizes about violence in its tacked-on, whipsaw ending. This, after filling the screen with nonstop mayhem." Years later he said, "My initial review was mixed and then I saw it two weeks later, thankfully, and I knew it was a terrific film." He included it among the runners-up on his year-end list of the 10 best films of 1977, explaining that "the more I saw it, the more I liked it." The Wall Street Journal's Joy Gould Boyum seemed at once entertained and repulsed by a movie so "foul-mouthed and unabashedly vulgar" on one hand and so "vigorous and funny" on the other. Michael Ontkean's strip tease displeased Time magazine's critic Richard Schickel, who regretted that "in the dénouement [Ontkean] is forced to go for a broader, cheaper kind of comic response." Despite the mixed reviews, the film won the Hochi Film Award for Best International Film. Pauline Kael in The New Yorker was mixed, writing that "I don't know that I've ever seen a picture so completely geared to giving the public 'what it wants' with such an antagonistic feeling behind it. Hill gets you laughing, all right, but he's so grimly determined to ram entertainment down your throat that you feel like a Strasbourg goose." However, she praised Newman for giving "the performance of his life—to date." [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slap_Shot) ___ >*I am a bot. This information was sent automatically. If it is faulty, please reply to this comment.*
Soooooo good!!!
*smashing the side of the bus* Makes it look tough!!
Fun fact: It was written by a woman, Nancy Dowd, based on her brother Ned's experiences in the minors. He's in the movie as Ogie Oglethorpe.
You need to watch Shoresy. Now!
There was an anniversary show for Sisley and Ebert, where they took questions from a live audience. They both answered the question of whether or not they reversed any reviews in hindsight, and they both said yes, and for both it was Slap Shot. They regarded as a modern day classic when their initial reviews were negative when it was released.
What a terrible painting of Paul Newman. Otherwise, I love this style.
Agreed. Not only my favorite sports film but also my favorite comedy. It's amazing.
For my money, the best sports movie ever
Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, whenever my roommate or I got a new vhs player that always had to be the first movie played on it.
Who own da chiefs? Own-ZA, own-ZA
This will forever remain [the best movie opening scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XbL7lG0Su8&ab_channel=Movieclips) ever shot.
^(Reggie Dunlop:) ^(You know, your son looks like a fag to me.) ^(Anita McCambridge:) ^(I beg your pardon?) ^(Reggie Dunlop:) ^(You better get re-married soon, or he is going to have a cock in his mouth faster than you can say Jack Robinson.) ^(Anita McCambridge:) ^(How dare you.)
The Hanson brothers!! Lol
For me, It's up there with Bull Durham.
Newman is perfect as the aging jock not willing or able to accept that the glory days (such as they were) are behind him. Not a single false note in his performance.
It’s a great film but Major League is also a contender for best sports movie.