A teenaged pond hockey prodigy (Noah Reid) defies his hippie parents and his own pacifist ethics to join a junior team, catapulting him to improbable stardom and helping him become a man. And everybody sings. If it took itself even one iota more seriously, Score would miss the net, as the hockey action isn’t convincing […]
Score: A Hockey Musical
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Score: A Hockey Musical opens Atlantic Film Festival
Be still my Xanadu heart: Score: A Hockey Musical, starring Olivia Newton John, Marc Jordan, Noah Reid and Allie MacDonald, with appearances by hockey nut Dave Bidini, Strombo and Hawksley Workman, is opening the Atlantic Film Festival on September 16. Directed by Michael McGowan, whose One Week was pretty Canuck-loving, I expect we’ll all be doing maple syrup shots by the end of the night. The AFF’s opening night party, celebrating the fest’s 30th year, is on Citadel Hill. Although last year’s space, the Metro Centre, is the obvious venue for a hockey film, I think that Citadel Hill