Synopsis
The life of a professional hockey player was not always a glamorous one. For legendary goaltender Terry Sawchuk, each save means one more gash to his unmasked face and one more drink to numb the pain. Sawchuk traveled across the country racking up 103 shutouts and 400 stitches to his face, proving that this is a man who lives, breathes, and dies a goalie.
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Cast
- Mark O'BrienTerry Sawchuk
- Kevin PollakJack Adams
- Georgina ReillyPat Morey
- Steve ByersGordie Howe
- Éric BruneauMarcel Pronovost
- Aiden GlennYoung Terry
- Ted AthertonLouis Sawchuk
- Janine TheriaultAnne Sawchuk
- Owen MaggsMitch Sawchuk
- Gary Rideout Jr.Boiter
Recommendations
- 88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Director Maggs tells a tough, sympathetic story in an imaginative way that makes Goalie feel like a war story. - 60
Film Threat
It’s well-structured, handsomely shot, and features some impressive acting. The thing is there’s just not that much to make it stand out from the crowd either. - 50
Movie Nation
O’Brien and Pollack have nice chemistry, and the darkened rinks, offices and under-lit houses give the picture a pervasive, tragic gloom that the sketchy but conventionally structured story never lives down to. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The episodic screenplay lacks narrative momentum, and the use of faux-documentary commentary by older versions of Sawchuk's colleagues (played by actors) doesn't come across convincingly. - 40
Los Angeles Times
A probing though ponderously episodic drama that ultimately feels as stitched together as Sawchuk’s frequently unmasked mug.
