I remember watching this movie as a kid (who was an aspiring figure skater even before I saw it) and would LOVE to see it aired again, and often. Though the skating was not stellar, the plot definitely stands the test of time. It's still as relevant today as when it was made. Actually, I think this movie is worthy of a re-make. With the special effects and editing capabilities and the advances in the sport of skating today, it could be even better! I still go through a box of tissues watching this movie! So, if you're watching it with someone who picks on you for crying over sappy movies, you may want to send them to the store while you watch this one.
7 Reviews
More than just a teen love story
arc3-705-4456116 February 2022
This TV movie has stayed with me for decades but not just for the standard teens-in-love story. In the late Seventies figure skating had become an extremely popular spectator sport, with the skaters' personal stories as important as their athletic prowess (e.g. Scott Hamilton, the Carruthers siblings, Tai and Randy). This movie gives the viewer a glimpse behind the glitter. "It's work!" the hockey-playing son insists to his macho dad. Top-level figure skating is also expensive, especially for his ordinary middle-class family. Most of all, however, what has stayed with me is the acting by Richard Jaeckel who plays the boy's father. His stunned demeanor when he has to drive to a hospital after a tragic loss is a master class in acting. Tony Lo Bianco is great as the veteran coach as well. If you love figure skating, check this out if you can.
A tear jerker of a movie!
kitkat-71 March 1999
I love this movie! I was and still am a big fan of Jimmy McNichol and this movie was the one that got me hooked, on him and ice skating! Although the ending is very sad, I have watched this movie over and over again! They did a great job.
WHAT A GREAT MOVIE
garylee23 March 1999
A Very, Very Sweet, Innocent Love Story Full Of Late 70's Atmosphere
Phil_Packer_19736 August 2020
I saw this when it originally aired on 1/13/79 as the CBS Saturday Night Movie and it's never left me after all these years. One of the best made-for-tv movies ever produced. It has tons of heart and oozes sincerity. It is, in my view, a MUCH better film that a similar picture made around the same time starring Robbie Benson known as Ice Castles. If you are child of the late 70's and love a good romance, do yourself a favor and buy this on DVD because that's the only way you'll ever see it. It hasn't been aired on TV in decades.
Pure Nostalgia
tonykeith-417949 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
This story together with Bambi, Pinocchio and The Yearling has stayed with me all these years - funny that they're all about loss!! (Not sure whether that's memory trauma caused by instantly realigning a child's reality through sudden shock !!! - Like learning Father Christmas or the tooth fairy wasn't real.) I have ordered it online to rewatch for purely nostalgic reasons.
Cutting Edge's Past
jacquelinekmckee13 March 2004
This film in it's time was and is one of my all time favorites. I have search the internet over looking for the quality of acting i found to be so real when i was a child watching this film. I loved the beginning, the middle, and the end. It helped me realize that love only lasts as long as it is supposed to. The time you are given you should appreciate. I wished that there was a channel out there that only played the classic tv movies that i have never forgotten and still want to see today. Boy loved hockey, wanted to continue to skate and the girl snotty as always getting rid of partners like dirty clothes. And the time and effort they put into working together, was so well worth it because it turned into love. In the end she stood alone and continued for the love that they had together.
Well worth seeing.
Well worth seeing.
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