Mukul Verma

The other night I got the chance to get a speak peak at a truly Canadian movie; Score – A Hockey Musical.

This movie based on a home schooled boy who is very good at shinny hockey and his journey.  It stars Olivia Newton-John, Stephen McHattie and Noah Reid.  It also starred Nelly Furtado and George Stroumboulopoulos; who has a very small part in this movie.

This was a post production review of the movie, the final theater release may differ.

The movie was truly Canadian to start and that may narrow the demographics to Canada with the opening scenes.  I think the story after that can apply to a bigger demographic and anyone who is a hockey fan will truly enjoy it.

I personally enjoy musicals and I enjoy hockey and this movie was the perfect mix.  It has a solid story line, showing many different angles on this next Sidney Crosby road to success.

The ending was brilliant; one of the main issue is the choice weather to play organized hockey due to the violence int he game; Farley, a home schooled kid who only played shinny hockey for fun would have to fight if he wanted to play organized hockey.   His personal believes were not to fight.  The battle between if he should play against his believes or do whats needed to make it in hockey? Both ways he loses, well I wont tell you how it ends, but in this movie there are no losers.

Overall this was a great musical movie; solid story, great acting, the many comparisons between home schooled vs public school, fighting vs not-fighting, shinny vs organized, romantic love vs finding the right person and the list goes on makes this film is well worth checking out.  The movie releases in Canada on October 22, 2010.  Tell me what you think.