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Ice Castles

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Her father, her boyfriend (Robby Benson) and a rink operator (Colleen Dewhurst) help a partly blinded Iowa figure skater (Lynn-Holly Johnson) aim for the Olympics.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 10/23/2004
2/4
Do we need the additional emotional jolts of blindness, paralysis and amputation in order to accept a story about young love and kids succeeding by luck and pluck? Go to Full Review
Austin Kennedy Sin Magazine 05/12/2012
2/4
The film's highlights are the figure skating scenes, which are well choreographed and shot. But unfortunately, the film has to have a typical Hollywood story that is about as generic as Crispy Rice. Go to Full Review
Heather Boerner Common Sense Media 12/18/2010
3/5
Schmaltzy classic skating movie for romantics. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/13/2005
1/5
Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly 01/05/2005
2/5
Kit Bowen Hollywood.com 08/01/2004
4/5
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Br B @OldVet Jan 28 The story in this movie is simple and the actors are exceptional. There is no AI, science fiction, stunt doubles, or R rating. The actors are real and their performances are real. The star is a young girl who was a successful competitive skater. She does her own skating and she resisted the directors attempt to do scenes that would have resulted in an R rating. Even the crowds in the film are locals and real fans. Not to many films/actors in current times are simple and real. That gives this movie a special place in movie history. Enjoy! 01-27-26 See more Mitchell S @Mitchstur Dec 27 I like the 2010 remake way better. This one's kind of slow, empty, and with more aggressive characters. At least the theme song is beautiful. See more 09/15/2020 I didn't love this movie but I'm glad I finally watched it. I wasn't thrilled with it and I didn't really find it that emotional, but overall it was okay. Be prepared for the theme song to get stuck in your head! See more steve d @RT35616104 07/15/2020 Cheesy but earnest... See more darren h @darrenhrotten 10/25/2019 Movie was exceptional. It's just a little dated. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader 02/01/2019 The best inspiring romance movie ever made! With the best movie song ever sung: Through the Eyes of Love! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Her father, her boyfriend (Robby Benson) and a rink operator (Colleen Dewhurst) help a partly blinded Iowa figure skater (Lynn-Holly Johnson) aim for the Olympics.
Director
Donald Wrye
Producer
John Kemeny, S. Rodger Olenicoff
Screenwriter
Donald Wrye, Gary L. Baim
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 31, 1978, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 53m