with most of the edginess sanded away, but it's very proudly that. Nothing is particularly grown-up or nuanced about any of its complications, but the sincere and emotional moments play satisfyingly regardless of your age., in its original form, is its efficiency. Win-at-any-cost defense attorney Gordon Bombay is reluctantly coaching a sad-sack youth hockey team within 15 minutes and his reluctance lasts maybe two scenes.
is actually much more sharply written on a dialogue level than the first movie — or at least it seems like it is because if you're going to have a heroine whose only appreciable characteristic is that when she gets nervous she talks fast, there's basically nobody you'd rather have than Graham.
I'd add that the Ducks, logo and overall team approach proved so winning that an NHL expansion franchise took their name and then had to change their name and brand because they were too associated with the movie. The new misfit team's name and uniforms will not, I can safely guarantee, have similar power.