Mystery, Alaska

  • 1999


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47 %
37 % Rotten
$ 8 Million
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Positive Reviews 7
Negative reviews 14
Average Rating 2.3/5
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3.1
Mystery, Alaska is sweet, pleasant, low key, inoffensive and unnecessary. Rogerebert
2.5
Kelley tosses in the usual complement of clichd characters the horny upstart, the towering naf, the born leader who doesnt want to lead, the omniscien ..
3.8
Mystery, Alaska is a raucous come from nowhere sports movie that scores big. San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
Well, looks like youre going to have to go see the movie after all. San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
While sports may well be the toy department of life, hanging out there is often what creates and sustains community. Spirituality And Practice
1.5
Director Jay Roach has filmed possibly the first hockey match bereft of a single semiaerial shot. Village Voice
1.5
This doesnt sit well with Judge Walter Burns (Burt Reynolds, looking like Gregory Peck), who seems to command respect all over town even though he him .. Eric Ds Nider
0.5
The cast...applies itself with such conviction, that one wishes the result had been worth the effort. Film Journal International ..
1.9
At neither a comedy nor a drama does it come close to succeeding. Internet Reviews
2.0
Virtually all of Kelleys worst tendencies run unchecked in Mystery, Alaska. Internet Reviews
4.5
From preschool boys to grown men, theres hardly a male in the tiny town who doesnt practically live on ice skates.
1.5
It contains nothing more than weather and a set of one dimensional cut outs. Salon
1.9
But its not as if theres a whole lot of plot to begin with, anyway. Mr Brown Movies
2.5
It doesnt always work, and the screenplay remains seriously flawed and uneven, but its unusually ambitious for a sports movie and should be admired on .. The Movie Boy
2.8
Director Jay Roach meanders through rambling, heart tugging, try too hard material that holds few surprises. Seattle Pi
1.9
The townsfolk love hockey so much that they even acquit a player whos guilty of shooting another man (yes, thats one of the movies jokes.) Movie Habit
1.5
Everyone loves a good David vs. Goliath story, but theres a point where reality kicks in. E Online
4.4
Mystery doesnt have much, but it does have its dignity and its illusions, Judge Walter (Burt Reynolds) warns, I suggest you cling to both. Ross Anthony
3.0
The hockey game itself is nothing special, with neither the kinetic excitement nor the dramatic tension needed to bring the scenes to life. Rochester Goes Out
1.5
...its emotions are so counterfeit that the Treasury Department should be alerted. Vulture
1.9
Even in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday theres a lot of seaside action. Nitrate Online
1.5
The only thing that saves it from being total trash is the skill of the lead actors, who make the best out of nothing. Gost Dog
1.5
There is more to enjoy here than not. But when its not, it pushes the limits of what one is willing to swallow. Jeff Huston's Believe Me



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