Slap Shot
Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 25, 1977 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Like the character played by Paul Newman in Slap Shot, 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. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonStaff (Not Credited)
It's really just an old-fashioned piece of wish fulfilment, rather duplicitously dressed up in foul language and sexual references in a cynical attempt to look modern. That said, there are still some nice touches of absurdist satirical wit hanging out along the sidelines, given extra bite by Dede Allen's superbly pacy editing. Read full review
60
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Hill lacks the conviction or the temperament for all this brutal buffoonishness, and he can't hold the picture together; what does is the warmth supplied by Paul Newman.
40
Washington PostGary Arnold
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. Read full review
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