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- 1978
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
- 1978
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
Summary A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world -- and herself -- that she still has the potential to realize her dreams.
Written By: Donald Wrye, Gary L. Baim
- 1978
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
- 1978
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
Ice Castles
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Summary A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world -- and herself -- that she still has the potential to realize her dreams.
Written By: Donald Wrye, Gary L. Baim
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Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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56% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
51
44% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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It's simply a good film that children should enjoy and parents feel it worthwhile for them to see. It has a sentimental story, but that's better than the usual dumb good-guys-bad-guys stories; it's corny, but that's better than the cheap smartsyness of most youth films. [02 Feb 1979, p.19]
Director Donald Wrye handles this chestnut with restraint, scoring points about media madness and the fear of success without getting messagy. [05 Feb 1979, p.79]
Miss Johnson may not be an actress, but her lack of emotional resources and her bland ingenuousness conspire to give the manipulative, sentimental, unconvincing conceit of Ice Castles a naive force that occasionally approaches the simple pleasures of Rocky. [29 Jan 1979]
Ice Castles collapses under the weight of sentimental overkill.
Ice Castles has been shamelessly, and none too slickly, engineered to empty the tear ducts of customers primed to blubber at the sight of a Pavlovian cliche. [03 Feb 1979, p.D7]
It's too bad that Mr. Wrye's bungling renders the story sob-proof, because injured-athlete sagas are usually so hard to resist.
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Production Company
International Cinemedia Center
Release Date Dec 31, 1978
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating PG
Tagline The story of a girl who refused to forget she was once a champion.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
