Review of The Mighty Ducks (1992) by Sarah H — 26 Sep 2009

This is one of those cases where a god awful movie can be enjoyable. Everything about this film is pretty atrocious, trust me. If you haven't seen it since you were 8, you have no idea.

I'm going to defy everything english class has taught me, and start with the strongest reason. The character development is a joke. Emilio Estevez goes from wily lawyer to inspirational coach, all over a DD incident. The transformation takes all of a couple scenes. Riveting. Coach Bombay (sp?) is the man though, in the Disney sort of sense.

The humor is odd. Most of it is a miss. Though, the film also has some adult humor, if youd call it that. Coach Bombay calls his one line the "Oreo Line". Thats right, a forward unit with two black kids and one white kid. And Disney made this film? Times have changed, jesus.

I feel like the only people who would like this movie are those who have seen it as kids first. Its predictable, easy to follow and relatively static. But its The Might Ducks. I still manage to enjoy its overall shantyness.

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