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Mystery, Alaska (1999) Rank 3 Reviews
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filmcritic.com vacates Mystery, Alaska
Oh no. Someone let David E. Kelley out of his cage for a second time this year. This time, the water in his Lake Placid is frozen over, giving us the setting for Mystery, Alaska.
The title’s surely a Mystery and gives you no clues about the film – ...read the complete Mystery movie review at filmcritic.com vacates Mystery, Alaska
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Portland Oregonian (Diana Abu-Jaber)
DVD Authority.com (John Stanley)
San Francisco Examiner (Edvins Beitiks)
LET'S SEE a show of hands of those who think the Mystery hockey team, all pluck and humble and lucky in their exhibition showdown against a top team from the National Hockey League, will give the New York Rangers what for. Uh-huh.
Now let's see a ...read the complete Mystery movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Edvins Beitiks)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
The Phantom Tollbooth
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
DVD Verdict (Norman Short)
Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
A PNC movie review.
filethirteen.com
Imagine if David Kelley, the TV writer/producer who has brought us "Picket Fences," "The Practice" and "Ally McBeal" among other TV shows, wrote an episode of "Northern Exposure" that had hockey as a theme. That's the best way to describe "Mystery, ...read the complete Mystery movie review at filethirteen.com
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Does offer solid laughs, engaging performances and a captivating setting. ...read the complete Mystery movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
Scores big as a study of small-town life where characters collide and are forced to get along for the good of the community. ...read the complete Mystery movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
...completely inoffensive -- if you don't mind old ladies and little children saying shockingly rude things. But it's no Slap Shot, if that's what you wanted to know. ...read the complete Mystery movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
Sunday Online, Australia (Peter Thompson)
You don't have to be a genius to recognise the role of sport in people's lives and imaginations. Sporting metaphors and values populate our daily discourse, and sporting achievements often define our personal and even national destinies. But it isn't all ...read the complete Mystery movie review at Sunday Online, Australia (Peter Thompson)
Movie Magazine International
3 Black Chicks ("Bams")
The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Mutant Reviewers From Hell
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Anchorage Press (Brenda Sokolowski)
Salon (Chris Colin)
Salon.com (Chris Colin)
culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
An upbeat meat-and-potatoes movie. ...read the complete Mystery movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Dallas Observer (Bill Gallo)
Its loose-limbed sweetness and gruff irreverence are just right. ...read the complete Mystery movie review at Dallas Observer (Bill Gallo)
Film.com (Sean Means)
Raucously funny. ...read the complete Mystery movie review at Film.com (Sean Means)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
DVD Net (Gavin Turner)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Reel.com (Robert Payne)
The Boston Phoenix
Philadelphia City Paper (Cindy Fuchs)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Could metamorphose into an entertaining sitcom. ...read the complete Mystery movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Boston Globe (Jay Carr)
Individual performances...are flavorful and simpatico. ...read the complete Mystery movie review at Boston Globe (Jay Carr)
Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)
Unwaveringly predictable. ...read the complete Mystery movie review at Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Oh no. Someone let David E. Kelley out of his cage for a second time this year. This time, the water in his Lake Placid is frozen over, giving us the setting for Mystery, Alaska. The title’s surely a Mystery and gives you no clues about the film  ...read the complete Mystery movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Mystery, Alaska does for hockey what For Love of the Game does for baseball. That may seem like a bizarre statement considering that the plots, characters, and tones of the films couldn't be more dissimilar, but the fundamental premise underlying both is ...read the complete Mystery movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"Mystery, Alaska" is sweet, pleasant, low-key, inoffensive and unnecessary. It sticks up for underdogs, nice people and small towns, and doesn't like big corporations, adulterers, TV producers and New Yorkers in general. It contains not only a big game wi ...read the complete Mystery movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Providence Journal (--)
Mystery, Alaska is what you might get if you tossed a little of the TV series Northern Exposure into a blender with a big portion of the rah-rah kids' hockey movie The Mighty Ducks . ...read the complete Mystery movie review at Providence Journal (--)
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