The Fan Connection

Name: The Fan Connection
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-09-12
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 9.6
Cast: Michel Coffey, Mark Crehan, Frances Davidovich

20192019
1h 33m

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The Rust Belt city of Buffalo, NY yearns to reclaim its lost pride despite a growing sense of futility and cynicism after decades of decline. When a new owner buys their professional hockey ... Read allThe Rust Belt city of Buffalo, NY yearns to reclaim its lost pride despite a growing sense of futility and cynicism after decades of decline. When a new owner buys their professional hockey team and promises a championship, Buffalonians see a path to their city's relevance. Throu... Read allThe Rust Belt city of Buffalo, NY yearns to reclaim its lost pride despite a growing sense of futility and cynicism after decades of decline. When a new owner buys their professional hockey team and promises a championship, Buffalonians see a path to their city's relevance. Throughout this season of unprecedented hopes, we meet a nonagenarian rehabbing from a serious ... Read all

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An inspirational film about the human side of hockey fanhood

I was expecting this to be a movie about people going to games and rooting for the Sabres. What I got was a little bit of that and a heartwarming dose of the reality that this group of fans face, not only when it comes to the Sabres but their own lives. It's easy to think of a fan base for a team as an extension of that team and ultimately feel a certain way about them based on how you feel about the team. This brings you face to face with the real people, into their lives, their homes, and their cars. I didn't expect to be brought to tears during this movie but it made me feel all the feels and I'm happy to have seen in. It makes me proud to be a Sabres fan and gives me a different perspective of the fans of other teams, love or hate those teams, that those fans are people, too, outside of their hockey team affiliation.

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