Mystery, Alaska (1999)

A publicity stunt turns into the ultimate lopsided competition when the world-famous New York Rangers face off against the team from Mystery, Alaska, a hockey-loving town of only 633 people. (Hollywood Pictures)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jay Roach
Written By: David E. Kelley, Sean O'Byrne
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Colm Meaney, Maury Chaykin, Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Lolita Davidovich, Mike Myers, Mary McCormack, Kevin Durand, Ron Eldard, Rachel Wilson, Michael Buie
Genre: Comedy
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Mystery, Alaska belongs to 7 collections
1. Lots 'n Lots of Snow (collaborative: moderated by iceblox - 7 stars)
2. Sport (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 5 stars)
3. Alaska (collaborative: moderated by iceblox - 1 star)
4. Hockey (collaborative: moderated by Hailey - 1 star)
5. Carter Burwell (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross - 1 star)
6. Availability: Disney+ and Star Canada (collaborative: moderated by geohawk - 1 star)
7. My Movie Collection (public: elhenzo)
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Oct 08, 2020 | ![]() |
War Machine | 70 52nd |
BHtamara+MMkindalikeDonCherry+outclassingNYR/biggerrink/canskateetc-lockerroomcabinlol+NYRbodying+almosttieit+2pickedforAHL
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Nov 12, 2016 | ![]() |
EvilMangoes | 89 69th |
A-
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Jan 03, 2014 | ![]() |
rttntomatoes | 38 16th |
The lack of hockey action and authenticity left critics cold.
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Apr 10, 2011 | Vanessak69 | 10 6th |
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Horrible overblown maudlin claptrap. The kind of a movie where a character has a heart attack in the middle of a heart-stirring speech.
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Dec 27, 2010 | ![]() |
Judge Holden | 2 15th |
Oh, look, it's another completely forgettable sports movie. I can't rank this among the worst of the worst but it's still pretty fucking terrible.
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Dec 05, 2010 | ![]() |
hellboy76 | 62 30th |
Forgettable hockey movie.
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Jan 19, 2010 | ![]() |
AbortedHugs | 30 21st |
It really annoys me when they don't shoot these movies in Alaska. But have no problem dropping town names.
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Oct 15, 2009 | ![]() |
martryn | 64 37th |
A fairly decent movie. It's labeled on here as a comedy, but I would hardly call most of the movie comedy. It's more of a drama. Pretty decent sports film still, though.
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Sep 18, 2008 | ![]() |
Lebar | 76 59th |
this is more family/kids than comedy!
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Jun 04, 2008 | ![]() |
jstry | 13 3rd |
In a review that I wrote about this movie in 2001, I wrote that it's "utterly forgettable", which is true because when I came across that review, I said "What the? Mystery what? When did I see that?" Now I remember seeing it and also remember that it stunk big time.
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May 15, 2008 | cestmoi | 75 48th |
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Major Russell Crowe crush at this time! This was after LA Confidential, when he was the wounded bad boy hottie, but before Gladiator, when everybody discovered he's actually kind of a dick. The movie was OK - high marks for joining the slim ranks of the hockey flick.
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Apr 19, 2008 | ![]() |
caocao | 73 76th |
It probably gets a few bonus points from the hockey fan in me.
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Sep 17, 2007 | Dustyd | 50 22nd |
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so so
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Aug 24, 2007 | ![]() |
aarona1c | 65 57th |
It's not great, but it's a good flick for a snowy day.
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Aug 14, 2007 | ![]() |
TheDenizen | 30 11th |
Sports movies generally suck, since they all follow the exact same plot, and there's rarely tits or gore. This is no exception, it's utterly forgettable.
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Aug 14, 2007 | ![]() |
doctor7 | 73 57th |
Pretty good drama/comedy film. Burt Reynolds proves he can still give a good performance.
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Aug 14, 2007 | sushiwriter | 72 27th |
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meh. How excited can I get about hockey?
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Aug 14, 2007 | ![]() |
yilb | 50 39th |
A nice feel good movie that pulls some small surprises & makes stereotypical characters slightly human. Fully prepared to hate this picture, it really shows how a decently crafted movie, even if nothing new, far outstrips a bogged down loser like Random Hearts.Takes too long to end.
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Aug 14, 2007 | JD_May | 75 55th |
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Mike Myers as Don Cherry ALONE makes this film worthwhile. As sports films go it's a keeper... even the off-ice stuff is solid entertainment and there aren't too many moaners.
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Aug 14, 2007 | ![]() |
ozymandius10 | 61 40th |
Average supposed "inspirational" movie.
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Aug 14, 2007 | ![]() |
lachapelle | 75 49th |
A good sports film. Great casting - Burt Reynolds is very good, Russell Crowe is inspirational, Mike Myers is clever, but I am intimidated by Hank Azaria's slimyness. To be fair, the pacing is slow and there is a lot of swearing. But if you can be patient, you will see a good hockey film. Not as good as "Miacle" but not as manipulative either.
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Aug 14, 2007 | spoonerspot | 82 77th |
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Very watchable. One of those feel good flicks.
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Aug 14, 2007 | ![]() |
fudgieb | 60 19th |
not bad, but I hate hockey
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May 10, 2007 | ![]() |
Alex Watkins | 2 15th |
Average inspirational sports flick, with some pretty funny moments. And I do appreciate what they did with the ending.
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Jan 21, 2007 | ![]() |
lrampartl | 61 48th |
This is probably what they think of when critics talk about a fun romp. Or something. Anyways, this is a good hockey movie, but it's odd they play up Gretzky as a member of the Rangers, and when the team shows up to play, none of them are real Rangers. No Gretzky, nobody. WTF? And Burt Reynolds is at his laziest here. He's the cliched crusty former played turned coach with a heart of gold blah blah blah. Still fun, though.
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Average Percentile 40.1% from 554 Ratings | ![]() |