Earlier today, film lovers and many a TIFF festival regular scratched their heads at the announcement that this year’s selection to open the festival (usually a Canadian film), was a hockey musical from One Week director Michael McGowan titled Score: A Hockey Musical.
Say what? A hockey musical? Are you serious? Apparently they weren’t pulling our leg because the good folks at Twitch have dug up the trailer for this possible atrocity and the truth of the matter is, it’s not actually that insane. If nothing else, it’s a bit charming and yes, Canadian all the way.
The film stars Stephen McHattie as a recruiter who discovers Farley, a 17 year old kid with potential to be the next Sidney Crosby. His parents (played by Olivia Newton-John [?] and Marc Jordan) aren’t keen on the idea of Farley playing organized sports but when he signs into a major hockey league and finds his star on the rise, he also realizes that the public wants more than he’s willing to give.
It’s completely over the top, hilarious and quite frankly, the beset thing since sliced bred. OK. Maybe not that great but it certainly has potential. Wonder if I can convince my other half that it’s a hockey movie and leave off the musical bit until we’re sitting in the theatre. Cruel? Nah.
The Trailer is tucked under the seat.
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Annoying. Unfunny. Generally terrible looking.
This is why I don’t even pull into town until day one of the Festival.
I like the freudian slip, “The beset thing since sliced bread” Even better if it was intentional. This looks embarassing, and I’m curious how it will go down at TIFF.
I know that the opening film of major festivals are usually weak entries, but it looks like TIFF is actually courting this disaster. Someone, somewhere must have some pretty compromising photos to get this programmed in the top slot. Either that or Glee and HS:Musical nuveaux musicals are really getting too far into pop culture.
Lighten up, looks like the fun it’s intended to be. I guess Canadians DO take their hockey way too seriously!