The Mighty Ducks (1992)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Stephen Herek

Writer (WGA):

Steven Brill (written by)

Release Date:

2 October 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

Tagline:

He's never coached. They've never won. Together they'll learn everything about winning!

Plot:

Gordon Bombay, a hotshot lawyer, is haunted by memories of his childhood, when, as the star player in his champion hockey team...

Plot Keywords:

Team | Coach | Hockey | Lawyer | Respect

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 14	10:00 AM	TBS
Wed. July 15	1:00 AM	TBS

Cast

Emilio Estevez	...	Gordon Bombay
Joss Ackland	...	Hans
Lane Smith	...	Coach Jack Reilly
Heidi Kling	...	Casey Conway
Josef Sommer	...	Mr. Gerald Ducksworth
Joshua Jackson	...	Charlie Conway
Elden Henson	...	Fulton Reed (as Elden Ratliff)
Shaun Weiss	...	Greg Goldberg
M.C. Gainey	...	Lewis
Matt Doherty	...	Lester Averman
Brandon Quintin Adams	...	Jesse Hall (as Brandon Adams)
J.D. Daniels	...	Peter Mark
Aaron Schwartz	...	Dave Karp
Garette Ratliff Henson	...	Guy Germaine
Marguerite Moreau	...	Connie Moreau

Also Known As:

Champions (Australia) (UK)
The Mighty Ducks Are the Champions (UK) (video box title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language.

Runtime:

100 min | Poland:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Cook Memorial Arena - 11091 Mississippi Boulevard, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Avnet/Kerner Productions

Trivia:

Some of the young actors who claimed when they auditioned that they could play hockey were in fact lying and had to be trained before filming began.

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the end of the movie, when Charlie takes the penalty shot, he has no helmet on. No youth hockey league in American would allow a player on the ice without a helmet. Also all leagues forbid half-helmet shields and require cage masks.

Quotes:

Coach Reilly: You got somethin' to say to me Bombay?
Gordon Bombay: To think, I wasted all those years worrying about what you thought. You're going down Reilly.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Soultaker (#11.1)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

WE WILL ROCK YOU

A sweet and lovable kid's movie

Just recently, I saw D2 and D3, my friend unfortunately did not have the first Mighty Ducks movie, so I had to watch those first then rent this one. The second and the third were pretty good movies, but I felt bad, because it felt like you're getting into a group of friends, and you don't know their history, you weren't there? You know that feeling, and as silly as it sounds, that's how I felt watching the sequels without seeing the first one.

Gordon is a lawyer who has had a little trouble with the lying in his career, therefore, he must do community service. When he sees a group of young pre-teen troubled youths playing a game of hockey, remembering his childhood love of hockey, he volunteers to become their coach in the Pee-Wee games. He starts off on a rocky relationship since he doesn't like kids, but he grows to love them and they do back learning that there is more to a game than just winning, but it'd be nice since they end up in the championships.

I loved The Mighty Ducks, I felt like it was a terrific family film and I'm surprised it wasn't played in my childhood since I was seven years old when it came out, but you know the saying, better late then never, right? I would highly recommend this up lifting story for any family!

7/10