Mystery, Alaska: Critic Reviews

If you drop the "c" in hockey you get a perfect description of Mystery, Alaska.

Kelley is obviously aware that to make the move from TV to films he must fill his scripts with greater depth and density.

Director Jay Roach has filmed possibly the first hockey match bereft of a single semiaerial shot.

Overpopulated with characters.

Mystery operates under the basic set-up of the jock flick but fills in the spaces with a loose sense of humor and smart human interest.

There is no denying Kelley's ability to write a funny one-liner or pen a poignant speech, but this frustrating film has the potential to be much more than it is, especially with the collection of able actors on hand.

Mild and underwhelming.

Doesn't quite achieve its goal, but this overgrown little movie does offer solid laughs, engaging performances and a captivating setting.

Hockey film leaves you cold.

Raucously funny.

Roach has to deal with some pure corn at the end, but he pulls it off and guides the actors to and through far better moments.

A hybrid of sports movies and TV sitcoms with little originality and few surprises or memorably rough edges.

Grown-up Mighty Ducks isn't meant for kids.

La preuve qu'il est encore possible de produire de belles choses lorsque la passion est au rendez-vous, meme si cela signifie parfois travailler avec des materiaux uses...

With so many characters and plotlines, it seems that TV king Kelley mistook this big-screen assignment for another network pilot.

...completely inoffensive -- if you don't mind old ladies and little children saying shockingly rude things. But it's no Slap Shot, if that's what you wanted to know.

O roteiro cria uma serie de subtramas que jamais se tornam relevantes e - o que e pior - mergulham no mais puro cliche.

No matter how stale the storyline, these actors breathe fresh emotion into it.

While sports may well be the toy department of life, hanging out there is often what creates and sustains community.

The only thing that saves it from being total trash is the skill of the lead actors, who make the best out of nothing.

It seems like forever until we get to the big exiting game, which turns out to be not very big, and not very exciting.

The first sixty minutes is one of the worst hours of film I've seen all year.

Mystery, Alaska is a raucous come-from-nowhere sports movie that scores big.

The cast...applies itself with such conviction, that one wishes the result had been worth the effort.

Fine ensemble performances.