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.
Slap Shot has generally received very positive reviews.
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Slap Shot was released in 1977 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 463 reviews, giving Slap Shot (1977) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 86%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 75%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Slap Shot than critics were.
With a score of 75%, Slap Shot is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1977, which stands at 59%.
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