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The Mighty Ducks

Play trailer Poster for The Mighty Ducks PG Released Oct 2, 1992 1h 41m Kids & Family Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings with his own former coach, Jack Reilly (Lane Smith). The reluctant Gordon eventually grows to appreciate his team, which includes promising young Charlie Conway (Joshua Jackson), and leads them to take on Reilly's tough players.
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The Mighty Ducks has feel-good goals but only scores a penalty shot for predictability.

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Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter While nicely layered with tough, conflicting personal questions, Ducks ultimately flaps off into easy outcomes and pat contrivances. Still it's an overall charmer, and director Stephen Herek keeps it flying with a nifty mix of slapstick and action. Oct 2, 2017 Full Review Derek Adams Time Out Very lame ice-hockey flick. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Janet Maslin New York Times The film is remarkably oblivious to the fact that if the team weren't hell-bent on a championship, young moviegoers would be significantly less interested in its adventures. May 20, 2003 Full Review Ed Travis Cinapse It’s practically the stuff of resistance these days for a film’s hero to learn wisdom from children about the purity and beauty of honor, and play, and radical acceptance despite winning or losing. Dec 6, 2024 Full Review Steve Warren Southern Voice (Atlanta) You can learn a little about hockey and a lot about life from The Mighty Ducks. The formula is tired but the movie's fresh and entertaining. May 9, 2023 Full Review Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) There are some parts that feel very 90s family entertainment but I don't really mind that because it's executed so well Rated: 7/10 Mar 23, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Shannon S Classic sports Flick. Although a bit stale and boring at times when it focuses on the backstop of Coach Gordan Bombay. But when it gets into the really star of the show The Mighty Ducks team. It gets really entertaining and is overall a great story. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Joel H Because this movie is made for kids, The Mighty Ducks can skate along with a cookie-cutter inspirational sports movie plot, amateurish acting, and juvenile humor. I’m not going to judge it as harshly because I know that I enjoyed watching it when I was younger, even if I wanted to send some aspects of this movie to the penalty box while I was watching it as an adult. There are still even a few moments that made me smile with nostalgia. That being said, I don’t think I could recommend this movie to adults who didn’t watch it as kids. I don’t think The Mighty Ducks would fly with that kind of audience. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/26/24 Full Review Dale R The underdog team must come together to win and learn some life lessons along the way. This movie type has been done a few too many times, but this is one of the better ones. The story flows well, though a little fast for my tastes. Some of the line deliveries seemed a little wooden to me, most of those were from Emilio Estevez, which surprised me. The intro scenes of the movie did not work for me, but once Estevez’s character became the team coach the rest of the movie was fine. The team characters were interesting and each had their uniqueness that helped the team. I can see why this movie spawned a few sequels. I think this is a movie worth your time. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Owen S I LOVE THIS MOVIE! But I can get how some might not like it and I can see the argument that I really like this movie because I grew up in a very hockey heavy family and area of Minnesota, but I still love this movie. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/02/24 Full Review Thinking of Film Great 90's family film Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Eye C This one is a cute typical sports movie, nothing new or outstanding, but very entertaining. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/23/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings with his own former coach, Jack Reilly (Lane Smith). The reluctant Gordon eventually grows to appreciate his team, which includes promising young Charlie Conway (Joshua Jackson), and leads them to take on Reilly's tough players.
Director
Stephen Herek
Producer
Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner
Screenwriter
Steven Brill
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
Walt Disney Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 2, 1992, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$50.7M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround
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