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Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerDirector Maggs tells a tough, sympathetic story in an imaginative way that makes Goalie feel like a war story.
- 60Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievIt’s well-structured, handsomely shot, and features some impressive acting. The thing is there’s just not that much to make it stand out from the crowd either.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreO’Brien and Pollack have nice chemistry, and the darkened rinks, offices and under-lit houses give the picture a pervasive, tragic gloom that the sketchy but conventionally structured story never lives down to.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe episodic screenplay lacks narrative momentum, and the use of faux-documentary commentary by older versions of Sawchuk's colleagues (played by actors) doesn't come across convincingly.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenA probing though ponderously episodic drama that ultimately feels as stitched together as Sawchuk’s frequently unmasked mug.