The Cutting Edge

1992

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sport

28
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 76% · 35 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 24584 24.6K

sports olympic games romantic comedy romcom skating figure skating

Plot summary

Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process...

Director

Paul Michael Glaser Photo
Paul Michael Glaser

Top cast

D.B. Sweeney Photo
D.B. Sweeney as Doug Dorsey
Terry O'Quinn Photo
Terry O'Quinn as Jack Moseley
Roy Dotrice Photo
Roy Dotrice as Anton Pamchenko
Moira Kelly Photo
Moira Kelly as Kate Moseley
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934.33 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 9
1.69 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 31

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by moviegal-6

A great story for all ages

I was twelve years old when I saw this film. Then, I thought it was great. Now, at twenty-one, I think it's awesome. Some may criticize the "inaccuracies" of the skating, but if one looks closely at the credits, world renowned skater Robin Cousins is the technical advisor and skating scene coordinator. Also, the pairs skaters they compete against are also, as far as I can tell, are real skaters. While they probably wouldn't jump into major competitions right away, they did it this way most likely for timesake. It's a sweet love story that is refreshingly free of violence (save the occasional slapshot), gratutious sex, and vulgar language. It is a delight for young and old combining chemestry, believability, and awesome skating sequences. I give it a nine and a half out of ten; if for nothing else, then for the warm fuzzies you get from watching it.
Reviewed by imdb-21622 7 / 10

Surprisingly good for a formula movie

OK, so the plot is formulaic. There is nothing new here, really. Or is there? I have seen this movie a few times, and always liked it. I think it's the acting and dialog.The acting is a cut above what you would expect from the movie. The female lead is a prima donna. I felt like her complex human emotions at times were fairly believable. Sometimes she's bitchy. Sometimes confused. Sometimes you like her.The male lead is perhaps not quite as good. But they did not fall into the pattern of simply making him another dumb jock. In a scene where they have both had too much to drink, I felt he reacted in a very realistic way. He delivers this great line in the movie to her after she insists he button the top button of his costume. Something to the effect of 'if buttoning that button made the difference between a long happy life and a painful death, he would not give her the satisfaction.' It was a perfectly acted scene, IMO.The dialog was much better than expected in this type of movie. There's some pretty funny lines. And some generally great exchanged between the actors that are far less dull than you would expect. If I put this into the category of sports movies, I would say it really rates well partly due to dialog.OK, so you can predict the plot. Obviously, it's a formulaic movie. But along the way, they throw in a few curves, and the characters react in many ways like normal humans would in the same situation, at least in my opinion.If you like the love/hate romance movies, and triumphant sporting movies, I think this is up your alley.p.s. chick flicks are not my favored genre, so the fact I liked this movie, says something I think (because it's a bit of a chick flick at times.)
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