Customer Reviews
True Johnstown PA Story 
2008-12-22
This movie is Awesome! What makes it better for me, is that it was filmed in my old home town of Johnstown PA. and the team was actually called the Johnstown Chiefs. Definitely one of the greatest Sports movies of all time. A must for a hockey fan.
FOIL FOIL FOIL 2008-12-13
THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME I COULD WATCH IT ALL THE TIME I WATCHED IT WHEN I WAS A KID AND STILL WATCH IT TODAY
Here's what it is, here's what it ain't 2008-11-04
Slap Shot is bottom-of-the-barrel minor league hockey. It's blue collar, living on the edge of desperation, rust belt culture. It's about a marginal business run for purposes irrelevant to sport. It's people miscast in life from hacks who see themselves as pros, to elitists who deign to play with the low-lifes. It's about people screwing up their relationships, about mis-communication and non-communication. It's about how people hurt each other in order to connect with one another. It's crude and irreverent. It's about the really screwy things people finally rally around. It combines more comedy genres than I can count.
Slap Shot is not a typical heartwarming sports flick. It concludes nothing about good and evil. Or overcoming long odds. It's not about a noble coach or noble players. Or illuminating all the wonderful things inside us. It's not for children. It has little to do with pro hockey.
Slap Shot is often described as one of the greatest sports movies ever filmed, but understand what that really means. This is a dark comedy about the human condition put into a sports setting. Low-end minor league hockey, which is a low-paying dead end for most players, is a perfect setting for the movie's themes, especially when set in a dying backwater city. The characters are losers who cling to their illusions, and circumstances and a mismatch between their ideals and personal illusions has led them straight to the bottom. The finale of the movie is first about one final heroic go at ideals - Old Time Hockey! (and even here there's a manipulative twist) - then decends into absurdity ... and the mood lifts and people finally connect as reality sets in. It's a wonderful, unconventional use of sports in film.
Paul Newman is superbly cast in this film. A lesser actor couldn't possibly have pulled off the complexity in this role. He is simultaneously an idealist, a pragmatist, an aging star holding off the inevitable, a womanizer still in love with his ex, conniving, and personally engaging. His manages all that and more in a completely convincing manner.
The film is a classic. Newman said it was one of his favorite roles. Roger Ebert lists it as one of the greatest American comedies.
Priceless.
To hockey what "Bull Durham" is to baseball 2008-07-16
Just one of those 'classic' sports movies. Aside from the 70s nostalgia, it's the fact that if you've ever worked or played in the minor leagues this movie will ring absolutely true. I finally burned out my old VHS version that I played every October when the NHL starts up. The names, the references, the laughs; even if you don't like hockey, "Slap Shot" can be appreciated for what it is - a look back at the bottom rung of a bygone era in sports.
Damn Funny 2008-07-02
This is a very funny movie. When I watched it the first time, I was just thinking "this is not how sports should be played, where is the sportsmanship." But then I watched it again a few days later, and I realized that it is more about how messed up things were in a town like this and in the '70's, and it suddenly made sense that they desperately wanted to keep their jobs, so they did whatever it took. There are a lot of classic lines in this movie, and it kept me laughing the whole time. How can anyone forget the Hanson brothers after watching this movie? Paul Newman does great as well, very tough, very funny. Good movie.
ugh! 
2008-06-15
This irreverent and hilarious look into the world of professional sports has Paul Newman as the coach of the Chiefs, a struggling minor-league hockey team. To build up attendance at their games, management signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition. "Slap Shot's" outrageous comedy, hard-hitting action, memorable lines and unforgettable characters have made this classic one of the all-time best sports movies ever.
Slapshot 2008-06-02
Does this really require a review. A NEwman classic and throw in the Hanson Brothers and you have a great film!
Slap Shot Review 
2008-05-01
The disc arrived in perfect condition, however will not play on the DVD recorder. Push play and it ejects with no message. Putting into the computer DVD drive it displays a ticked US and canada only. Australia is listed but 'in faint' and an inability to register exists. Whilst this probably is not Amazon's fault discs sold overseas should be playable.
Adrian Abrahams
sports classic 
2008-04-24
Even if you are a casual hockey fan or not this movie is classic.
Funny beyond belief.
One of the greatest sports films... 2008-04-14
Love hockey? Enjoy Paul Newman? Relish quirky supporting casts? This one's for you, if you answered yes to any of these questions. It's fun, full of action, and has now attained cult status among us "sports movie nuts"!
Get a large bag of shelled peanuts & enjoy!
