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Mystery, Alaska (1999)
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Reviews Counted:77
Fresh:29
Rotten:48
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: The lack of hockey action and authenticity left critics cold.
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When former resident Charles Danner (Azaria) writes a Sports Illustrated article exposing the "Saturday Game," the town of Mystery, Alaska is turned upside down. The game, a Mystery tradition,... [More]
Starring: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack, Burt Reynolds
Director: M. Jay Roach
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It contains nothing more than weather and a set of one-dimensional cut-outs.
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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.
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The first sixty minutes is one of the worst hours of film I've seen all year.
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More hockey and less quirky drama might have saved this yawner.
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There is life, death and hockey. And if that is your trinity, then Mystery, Alaska is your kind of movie.
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A hybrid of sports movies and TV sitcoms with little originality and few surprises or memorably rough edges.
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Top CriticIt's a sort of adult The Mighty Ducks that stretches and strains in the direction of The Last Picture Show, but falls flat on the ice.
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These character sketches and inklings of romantic liaisons and family squabbles never coalesce into consequence or narrative.
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The film's aspirations were higher in the planning stages than what was translated to film.
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It's a credit to the actors, director and writers that Mystery holds your attention.
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Virtually all of Kelley's worst tendencies run unchecked in Mystery, Alaska.
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This latest hockey opus is standard polar fare, Picket Fences on ice, so to speak.
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It seems like forever until we get to the big exiting game, which turns out to be not very big, and not very exciting.
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