Score: A Hockey Musical
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| Directed by | Michael McGowan |
| Produced by | Jody Colero Avi Federgreen Richard Hanet Michael McGowan Nadia Tavazzani |
| Screenplay by | Michael McGowan |
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Noah Reid Allie MacDonald Olivia Newton-John Marc Jordan Nelly Furtado |
| Music by | Jonathan Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Rudoloph Blahacek |
| Edited by | Roderick Deogrades |
| Distributed by | Mongrel Media |
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92 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Score: A Hockey Musical is a 2010 Canadian musical film written and directed by Michael McGowan.
Seventeen-year-old Farley Gordon has led a sheltered life, home-schooled and isolated by his parents. His closest friend is Eve, their next door neighbour. When his skill at hockey is realised, Farley is signed to a major hockey league and achieves instant fame and success. But pressure from his coach and teammates and a changing relationship with Eve begin to create intense strain in Farley's life.
The soundtrack to Score: A Hockey Musical contains 21 songs:
Peter Howell of the Toronto Star gave Score: A Hockey Musical two and-a-half stars out of four saying: "Score isn’t deep and there’s no danger of it becoming a global phenomenon. But it’s as true a crowd-pleaser, one that doesn't require season tickets to the Maple Leafs to appreciate." Stephen Cole of the Globe and Mail gave the film three stars out of four, praising McGowan's direction of its genre saying: "McGowan's (Saint Ralph) wondrous achievement here is making a discarded genre seem like ready-made fun. He does so by creating a playful satire of musicals, while somehow - this is the hard part - capturing the charm that made song and dance movies so popular." Other reviews were less positive. Greig Dymond of CBC said the film is "marred by weak lyrics, even weaker melodies and a number of actors who probably shouldn’t be singing in public." Will Sloan of Exclaim! said the film "fails resoundingly on every level" and "that it was selected to open the Toronto International Film Festival is embarrassing."
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2010 as part of its Opening Night Gala. It was released in theatres in Canada on October 22.
The DVD was released on January 18, 2011.
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