Review of Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (2013) by Michael W — 08 May 2013
One great hockey movie! The story of a father who comes out of retirement to play hockey on a line with his two sons is a sentimental an entertaining movie. There is a Rocky theme where Gordie has to get back into shape, make the team, try to win a scoring championship, and the Avco Cup, while being called too old.
Shanks' portrayal of Gordie as the wise hockey player, family man and father creates a character the audience relates with. The comedy is great one finds out that the Oggi Olgerthorp character name from the infamous movie Slapshot got his name coined for Gordie.
A well written and directed movie. I give Mr Hockey three pucks out of five. Hey a hat trick! Mr Hockey shoots and scores.
This review of Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (2013) was written by Michael W on 08 May 2013.
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