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Youngblood

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Original title

Youngblood

Year

1986

Running time

110 min.

Country

United States

Director

Peter Markle

Screenwriter

Peter Markle. Story: John Whitman

Cast

Music

William Orbit

Cinematography

Mark Irwin

Producer

Blueline Productions, Guber-Peters Company, United Artists

Genre

Drama | Teen/coming-of-age. Sports. Ice Hockey

Synopsis

A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.

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Critics' reviews

"Scenes on the ice look great and Lowe truly looks like the fast and accurate son-of-a-gun hockey player he’s supposed to be."

Variety Staff: Variety
"There's nothing wrong with Hollywood's obsession with making '80s updates of the Horatio Alger story. But Youngblood doesn't come close to capturing the spunk or spirit of youthful dreams."

Patrick Goldstein: Los Angeles Times
"'Youngblood' is not a bad movie, and indeed has moments of real conviction. But it is doomed by its plot, which is yet another example of what I like to call the Climb from Despair to Victory"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"A packed convention of contemporary cliches"

Chicago Tribune
"'Youngblood' seems chiefly designed as a vehicle for Mr. Lowe, and Mr. Lowe seems well able to handle more demanding material."

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"'Youngblood' is never less than fascinating, and it's a bit like the game it explores: the times you don't want to look at it are the times you can't look away."

The Globe and Mail
"Everything is predictable, except perhaps for the searching close-ups of the star's behind. In other respects, Lowe's performance is quite decent"

Time Out

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