AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks
Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
josepainumkal I never said a romantic movie "must watch" before. But this one is really something special. "The Cutting Edge" may not have an interesting story or plot twist offered by movies of the same genre. It has a very simple story which was portrayed in a very simple manner. Still this movie succeeds in winning the my heart. Thanks to Moira Kelly for it. The character "Kate Mosley" was safe with Moira and she immersed into it with extreme perfection. The chemistry between Kate and Doug was heart-warming and it uplifts this movie into a different level. I would recommend this movie to everyone and promise you from my heart that it never disappoints.
mezo621 I just recently discovered this movie and I have watched it I do not know how many times and will keep watching it. Sweeney and Kelly did an excellent job and would love to see them in more movies but that never happens so I guess I will just have to be content with watching this one. I have never written a comment before on any movie but had to voice my opinion on this one. I have also watched the cutting edge 2 and 3. I loved 2 but wish it could have had Sweeney and Kelly.Number 3 was disappointing. It was too much like the first with just changes in the characters and I did not like the fact that Jackie did not have Alex. It ruined the second one in the fact that they were not together. Some times I think I get too wrapped up in the movies I like. ha ha. Thank you for your attention. Lou
canuckteach I echo the warm sentiments expressed by many here at IMDb -- this is classic 40's type romance, filmed mostly in my hometown, Hamilton, Ontario, with pleasant skating choreography, and a rousing, pounding Soundtrack, including some great 'straight-up' Blues tunes. And, if you haven't seen it in awhile, there may be more great one-liners than you recall! D. B. Sweeney (awesome as 'Shoeless Joe' in '8 Men Out') plays Douglas Dorsey, an ex-hockey player recruited to pair up with spoiled, but talented brat, Kate (the charming Moira Kelly) in 'pairs' skating. She couldn't cut it with any of her previous 'traditional' partners - why should she succeed with this 'Neanderthal'? Well, if she wants to win gold, she will have to find a way - rich daddy has run out of options. He has the best (Russian) coach Pamchenko (played by ageless Roy Dotrice, now 85 years young! - recall him as Mozart's overbearing father in 'Amadeus'), but Dad's dream of a Gold medal requires a working partner for his mercurial daughter.Meantime, we are treated to some memorable stuff: Dorsey (to Kate's financé): "If I was you, I'd invest in blindfolds" (response to "I don't like to see Kate hurt") "When I played hockey, I had 2 helmets - one for the game, and one for just before the game" (explaining his penchant for vomiting before tense competition). Pamchenko to Dorsey, who threatens to walk out early in his audition: "And 'Gretzky' - I am the last person who is going to come looking for you" (a lesson for anyone who won't accept that their last chance has arrived).8/10
Alexandra Mitchell This movie is one of those overlooked jewels that few paid attention to at the time of its release, and even fewer pay attention to all these years later, but if you want to witness SUPERB repartee - sexual tension at its purest and highest form, this movie just about can't be topped. Before actors started taking it all off and making everything so incredibly dark and over-sexualized, this movie created a deep web of emotions by means of incredibly clever, often poignant, dialogue that makes every single scene in this movie worth watching over and over again. I remember at the time it was released (I saw it in the theater opening weekend), I felt that Paul Michael Glaser's depiction of the actual ice skating scenes in the competition phase was disconnected and had no flow. I feel less so now, but whereas at the time that disconnect diminished the movie for me, it doesn't anymore, because every time I watch this movie, I am just more and more amazed at the incredibly clever dialogue between D.B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly. This movie - believe it or not - sets The Standard for how two actors should spar on screen. And any two about-to-be-lovers who manage that kind of sparring in real life, well, they are INCREDIBLY BLESSED :-) I hope this review will get a few more people to watch this wonderful, upbeat, lovely gem......
