Red Army

  • 2015


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Movie Review Movie Review Red Army B Movie Review Red Army B B Red Army Director Gabe Polsky Runtime 85 minutes Rating PG Cast Documentary Its been mo .. Av Club
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Red Army is an insightful, riveting look at sports, politics and patriotism that should even entertain those who do not care for hockey. We Got This Covered
3.5
Anyone with even a passing interest in ice hockey knows the story of the U.S. teams stunning upset victory over the U.S.S.R. during the 1980 Olympics .. Austin Chronicle
4.0
The Soviet Union produced magnificent hockey players, even as its citizens starved and the Cold War wobbled toward a welcome if uncertain fizzle out. Time Out
4.5
It may not be a face thats always smiling, but its always honest. Collider
4.5
Photo: Gabriel Polsky Productions Even some of us non hockey fans find the story of the Miracle on Ice deeply moving. Vulture
3.1
Anyone familiar with ESPNs acclaimed 30 for 30 series knows what to expect from the channels proliferation of sports documentaries. Paste Magazine
5.0
Emotionally charged, viscerally exciting and consistently enlightening, Gabe Polskys Red Army is a sports documentary like no other. Rogerebert
4.0
Even when Soviet stars headed to the NHL after perestroika , the Kremlin tried to milk their earnings. Ny Daily News
3.8
3 out of 4 stars Written by Gabe Polsky Directed by Gabe Polsky Starring Viacheslav Fetisov Classification PG Country USA Language English In answer t .. The Globe And Mail
5.0
Gabe Polskys Red Army is a documentary about hockey call it a hockumentary, or a puckumentary, if you must. Philly
3.0
Gabe Polansky has made an entertaining and crowd pleasing documentary about the adventures of the Soviet national ice hockey team, talented players wh .. Spirituality And Practice
4.4
For a few moments, it feels like a mistake, a directors miscalculation. Rogers Movie Nation
4.5
As Soviet communism reached a dead end in the 1980s, Soviet ideals remained alive and well in the form of the nations hockey team, the Red Army, who w .. Chicago Reader
3.1
Become a fan on Facebook Follow on Twitter Review by Mark Dujsik | February 5, 2015 Anything can become a metaphor for pretty much anything else. Mark Reviews Movies
4.0
We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this video We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this video Who knew that a documentar .. The Times
2.5
Tweet Red Army Daniel Barnes By This article was published on 03.19.15 Advertisement All that most Americans know about Soviet Union hockey revolves a .. News Review
4.4
Gabe Polskys electrifying look at a once unbeatable Soviet hockey team and the link between sports and politics isnt among the Oscar nominees for Best .. Rolling Stone
4.0
Weapons of planetary destruction, a breakneck race into the cosmos, hockey: These were the battlegrounds of the Cold War. The Wrap
5.0
Created as an extension of the Soviet propaganda machine, and intended to symbolize all the virtues of a socialist society, the Red Army hockey team w .. News Day
3.8
Three things the Russians take very seriously ballet, chess, and hockey. Cs Monitor
4.0
Writers and documentarists have already analysed the cold war aspect of chess.Now film maker Gabe Polsky does the same with ice hockey, focusing on le .. The Guardian
4.0
Cultures clash on and off the ice in Gabe Polskys documentary about the Soviet Unions dominance of ice hockey during the cold war, and its former star .. The Guardian
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Gabe Polskys documentary is nominally about ice hockey, but culture and politics provide the driving force as the Russians go head to head with the Am .. The Guardian
4.0
Gabe Polskys documentary about the legendary Soviet hockey team is engaging and entertaining, and slyly intelligent, as well. Az Central
4.5
The Tale Of The Hockey Players For Whom 1980 Was No Miracle On Ice Enlarge this image toggle caption Slava Fetisov/Sony Pictures Classics Slava Fetiso .. Npr
4.5
Leviathan And Red Army Deliver A Peek Inside Russia, Now And Then Leviathan follows a man who fights back after a corrupt mayor uses eminent domain to .. Npr
4.0
Members of the 1970s, 80s and early 90s USSR world beater ice hockey team had to be in the army, which could thus conscript promising youngsters, whil .. Reel Talk Reviews
4.0
This immensely entertaining documentary tells the story of the Soviet ice hockey team, which played under the Red Army banner, and had a team song whi .. Daily Mail
4.5
While Polskys film expertly recounts the political and cultural tensions of the time through archival clips and revealing new interviews, it really co .. Ew
4.0
Red Army Scott Henderson 5 October 2015 Soviet ice hockey is at the centre of a compelling documentary When we think of Soviet era national sport its .. Flim List
4.0
Like Rocky IV on ice, Gabe Polskys enthralling doc nips behind the Iron Curtain to tell the story of the Soviet Red Army side of the 70s and 80s, the .. Empire
4.0
This is an interesting and revealing film.Most American sports fans have heard about the famous Miracle on the Ice game during the 1980 Winter Olympic .. Common Sense Media
5.0
Red Army review: A bravura tale of Cold War hockey Viacheslav Slava Fetisov was a member of the Soviet hockey team that reigned supreme in the 1970s a .. Sf Gate
2.0
In Gabe Polskys modest, surprisingly resonant documentary Red Army, former Soviet hockey defenseman and two time Olympic gold medalist Viacheslav Slav .. Boston Herald
3.8
This week marks the release of the seventh film in the DC Extended Universe, David F. Sandbergs Shazam!, which Slants Jake Cole praised for being the .. Slant Magazine
3.8
Slava Fetisov, a Soviet hockey star who won two Olympic gold medals pictured at far right in the top photo is the centerpiece of Red Army, which tells .. Washington Post
4.5
Americans of a certain age, even those otherwise indifferent to hockey, are likely to have vivid memories of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, .. The New York Times
3.8
Its a mark of Polskys ambition and canniness that he braids hockey not just with geopolitics but also with personal history and human drama. Boston Globe
3.8
Robin Clifford Laura Clifford When we hear the words Red Army hockey team, most Americans will remember the Miracle on Ice in Lake Placid during 1980 .. Reeling Reviews
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Robin Clifford Laura Clifford When we hear the words Red Army hockey team, most Americans will remember the Miracle on Ice in Lake Placid during 1980 .. Reeling Reviews
5.0
RED ARMY ***** Directed by Gabe Polsky 85 min, out of competition You learn something new every day. The Irish Times
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Gabe Polskys brilliantly entertaining sports doc opens with footage of Ronald Reagan, as if to alert less eagle eyed viewers to the notion that this i .. The Irish Times
3.0
What Red Army loses in comprehensiveness, it makes up for in entertainment value. Las Vegas Weekly
3.5
Gabe Polskys genial, jokey Eastern Blocumentary profiles Soviet Russias star ice hockey team during their peak years as invincible Cold Warriors again .. Hollywood Reporter
5.0
It was Tarasov who envisioned hockey as the intricate passing game it became under his tutelage. Los Angeles Times
3.5
The lives of Soviet Union hockey players, including, from left, Alexei Kasatanov, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladislav Tretiak, Igor Larionov and Viacheslav Sla .. Detroit News
3.5
Russias recent return to its adversarial ways may well boost the cultural and commercial profile of Red Army, a terrifically engaging flashback to the .. Variety
3.8
American film audiences and sports fans know all about the Miracle on Ice, the 1980 Winter Olympics where the US hockey team took down the nefarious S .. Consequence Of Sound
3.5
Weve all heard stories about tough coaches, but there arent many athletes whove plied their trade for a dictatorial coach who developed his style whil .. Movie Habit
4.4
I am not a hockey fan.Nothing against hockey; I just dont know very much about it and am not motivated to learn. Movie Habit
3.8
Red Army (Sony Pictures Classics) The Soviet hockey team was a juggernaut, an almost unstoppable force that won the gold medal in every Olympic Games .. Oregon Live
3.8
RED ARMY Viacheslav Slava Fetisov, Scotty Bowman, Alexei Kasatonov, Vladislav Tretiak, Vladimir Pozner; PG (thematic material and language); Broadway .. Deseret News
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Sport is a natural metaphor for war.Two sides in two colors face each other on a field, each with their pride and their physical safety at risk. La Weekly
3.8
Gabe Polsky, an American of Russian descent, has made a documentary about the great Soviet Red Army hockey team of the 1970s and 80s. New York Post
2.0
The story of how the Soviet Union became an ice hockey powerhouse is weighed down by political subtext. Lw Lies
4.5
In the mid 1980s there was a Sting song that rhetorically asked if the Russians love their children too. Ar Kansas Online
4.0
Theres a screen quotation late in this remarkable documentary that reads, An outstanding athlete cannot belong totally to himself. The Arts Desk
4.0
A documentary about the Soviet Unions ice hockey team is playful, smart and engaging, WSJ film critic Joe Morgenstern says on Lunch Break with Tany aR .. Wsj
3.5
Gabe Polskys documentary Red Army is being sold as the other side of the story to the U.S. Olympic hockey teams 1980 victory in Lake Placid, New York, .. The Dissolve
3.0
What starts larger than life eventually turns sad and tragic, like any good manipulative melodrama. Metro New York
4.4
Red Army a local filmmakers look at Soviet hockey hello The members of the Soviet Unions virtually unbeatable hockey team during the Cold War are the .. Daily Herald
3.0
Saint Laurent With their strained efforts to eschew the obvious, one could argue that biopics trafficking in jumbled chronologies are in danger of bec .. Movie Mezzanine
2.5
I cant recall the last time I saw a documentary in which the people behind the camera were so clearly out of their depth as they are in Red Army. Movie Mezzanine
4.0
Slava Fetisov was the captain of the famed Russian national hockey club known in the West as the Red Army. Daily Film Fix
4.4
Disclaimer: Im a hockey fan, so the hockey documentary Red Army is automatically more intriguing to me than a non fan. Columbus Alive
3.5
America gets so spooked by foreigners with dark skin these days, it can be easy to forget that just a few decades ago, our mortal enemies had blond ha .. Sf Weekly
4.2
I ask a lot of sports documentaries.Give me more than just sports history and comparisons of this player to the other. Movie Chambers
4.5
Smartly Crafted Documentary Looks To Soviet Hockey KPBS film critic Beth Accomando reviews the documentary, Red Army. Kpbs
5.0
A movie review of Red Army, a terrific documentary about the Soviet Unions national ice hockey team when Cold War tensions were running high. Seattle Times
2.5
By Blake Williams American director Gabe Polskys timing really couldnt have been worse. Cinema Scope
4.0
The story loses some of its grip after Glasnost and the eventual move of many of the top Russian players to the big money ranks of the NHL, but Fetiso .. Herald Scotland
2.5
If you dont think this is something likely to affect your lifetime, seek out the Ray Kurzweil documentary Transcendant Man (aka The Singularity is Nea .. Daily Public
3.8
Lawrence Toppman Hockey documentary Red Army shoots, scores Former player Slava Fetisov talks with director Gabe Polsky, whose Red Army tells of the S .. Charlotte Observer
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It is akin to not being able to avert your eyes from a highway accident except one that is far more entertaining.I will only add that the final chapte .. Louis Proyect
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Red Army (Sony, Blu ray, DVD, VOD) Director Gabe Polsky, the Chicago born son of Russian immigrants, dreamed of playing pro hockey and ended up making .. Parallax View
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Former player Slava Fetisov talks with director Gabe Polsky, whose Red Army tells of the Soviet Unions relationship with its famed national hockey tea .. News Observer
3.8
RED ARMY Opening Friday The Russians who played hockey for the legendary Red Army team revisit some of their glory years with a combination of nostalg .. Indy Week
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Today, in this country, massive sporting events like the Super Bowl and the World Series are charged with fevered passion and hometown pride (and cute .. Way Too Indie



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