Though this film fits the definition of a chick flick, it is not without general charm. Thankfully, its two stars are fun to watch. Moira Kelly plays the part of Kate, a shrewish figure skater looking for a partner. Well, actually her coach and her father are doing the searching, because she has scared off a slew of them.
Looking outside the box, her coach finds Doug Dorsey (D. B. Sweeney), a once-promising hockey player whose career was sidelined by serious injury. Doug is a blue-collar Midwesterner used to the macho lifestyle of the dentally-challenged jock. When he is presented with the pampered lifestyle of Kate, who trains at a private rink and hobnobs with the upper crust, there is a culture clash.
The major difficulty for a sports-related film that features non-athletes is to make the sports action convincing. Overall, it is fairly well done here. Kelly and Sweeney are novice skaters. If lighting and editing are used too much to disguise the athletes, it distracts from the action. In "The Cutting Edge", the deception is noticeable, but not so annoying that it ruins the film. Think of how "Flashdance" obscured the identity of the real dancer (Marine Jahan) in its most demanding scenes.
This film has a cult following, but it falls far short of other chick flicks, like "Pretty Woman".
Looking outside the box, her coach finds Doug Dorsey (D. B. Sweeney), a once-promising hockey player whose career was sidelined by serious injury. Doug is a blue-collar Midwesterner used to the macho lifestyle of the dentally-challenged jock. When he is presented with the pampered lifestyle of Kate, who trains at a private rink and hobnobs with the upper crust, there is a culture clash.
The major difficulty for a sports-related film that features non-athletes is to make the sports action convincing. Overall, it is fairly well done here. Kelly and Sweeney are novice skaters. If lighting and editing are used too much to disguise the athletes, it distracts from the action. In "The Cutting Edge", the deception is noticeable, but not so annoying that it ruins the film. Think of how "Flashdance" obscured the identity of the real dancer (Marine Jahan) in its most demanding scenes.
This film has a cult following, but it falls far short of other chick flicks, like "Pretty Woman".