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Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story (2005)
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6 November 2005 (Canada)
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A sleepy melodrama
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tom McCamus | ... | Walter 'Wally' Gretzky |
| Victoria Snow | ... | Phyllis Gretzky |
 | Tara Spencer-Nairn | ... | Kim Gretzky |
 | Matthew Edison | ... | Ian Kohler |
 | Kristen Holden-Ried | ... | Wayne Gretzky |
| Robert Bockstael | ... | Butch |
 | David Brown | ... | Eddie Ramer (as Dave Brown) |
 | Shaun Johnston | ... | Rob Coyne |
 | Mark Krysko | ... | Keith Gretzky |
| Darren Bachynski | ... | Glen Gretzky |
 | Carey Feehan | ... | Brent Gretzky |
| Gill Hawkins | ... | Young Wayne Gretzky |
| Jessica Renman | ... | Kim Gretzky at 10 |
| Lessia Petriv | ... | Mary Gretzky |
 | Brian Paul | ... | Dr. DeVilliers |
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La longue absence (Canada: French title) (TV title)
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Rated PG for some mild language and thematic elements.
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Based on the book "On Family, Hockey and Healing" by Walter Gretzky
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Features "Hockey Night in Canada" (1952)
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Why was this film even made? No disrespect to Walter Gretsky, but countless people have been felled by strokes. Other than his near celebrity status as the father of hockey legend Wayne, Walter's story just isn't that interesting -- or that well executed - to make a decent movie. The wooden dialog and homespun feel the filmmakers were obviously looking for teetered on the brink of melodrama. I found looking into the Gretskys' private life, and conversations between friends and family members (as imagined by the writer), somewhat disquieting. The filmmakers seem to have overlooked the fact that you can't make a good movie without a good story And this one just doesn't cut it.