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Actors: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Burt Reynolds
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Mystery, Alaska |
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Mystery is a small town in Alaska. During the weekends a bunch of ordinary guys get together and play a game of hockey on a frozen pond. They play just for fun, no money involved and no games with others towns. The story gets the attention of the national media and is written up in Sports Illustrated. A TV affiliate picks up on the story and tries to arrange a game between the Mystery boys and the New York Rangers. Mystery is nervous about standing up to the big boys, but at the same time the game will be tremendously good for the local economy. And perhaps it will be good for some of the boys professionally. They spend a lot of money building bleachers around the rink--and then the Rangers try to back out of the game. Through legal manipulating the Rangers are forced to come. And the Mystery boys think they have a real chance because they are used to playing outside where the weather is REALLY cold. Russell Crowe plays a one-time hockey player who becomes the Mystery coach.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Mystery, Alaska |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Sports story?
- hockey
Yes
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Alaska
Forest?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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