Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

loopifantagurl Okay, so it's not the best film I've ever seen, but if you like cheesy girly romcoms then it's not so bad. It made me laugh quite a few times and the figure skating is good. The film isn't as good as The Cutting Edge and it's a shame that they don't have any of the same actors, but it's alright as far as sequels go. It's a bit too much like the first one in that the heroine is a work-obsessed over-motivated meanie, and the guy starts off not being able to figure skate at all, but all the same I thought it was quite entertaining =P I'd give it a seven out of ten for all its cuteness. Plus points: Jackie's actress is good in a scene near the end when she cries a lot, the acting is actually reasonably convincing and she certainly cries enough real tears.

pookey56 if they had ended this "movie" at the beginning, right after letting us know that yes indeed "that hockey player", and the b**** had won the gold in Albertville, this would have been sufficient. the original CUTTING EDGE, which is, by no means an art-house film, was so much better. i liked the original, and watch it again from time to time. the sequel did not have to be made. the writing was painful, the acting was painful, and the conclusion was painful. Jackie, the heroine and daughter, completes a triple axel in her repertoire at the beginning. i suspect that even blase figure-skating fans know that this is an exceptional feat by a female figure skater. but, alas, nothing is made of this. perhaps the writer felt we as film fans would not know nor care about this detail. but my suspicion is that there are very few film fans, or anyone, out there, that is as stupid as this film. when i examine why i bothered watching GOING FOR GOLD, it was 1) out of extreme boredom 2)to watch the skating, which, choreographed by Isley, could have had some promise 3)to find out what colour medal kate and doug had won in Albertville. now, there's the true fantasy. not that a hockey player, or an EXtreme skate boarder could convert their skills to figure skating, but that the ISU would allow an American pairs team to win a gold medal at the Olympics.

Tanda This movie was cute enough for what it was, a sequel to, not a remake of, the original. It was the child of the duo from the first movie, facing similar problems to her mother. The relationship between mother and father, and between parents and child was never fully explored, rather we focused on the girl meets boy part. While it did indeed follow some of the same story lines as the first, it did not inspire us to go and grab our skates and get out on the ice as the first did. More time was spent on interpersonal relationships than on the skating. Characters were introduced with no explanation to their beings, and then not heard from for the rest of the movie. Also, some moments were more adult than they needed to be. However, overall, for a made-for-TV sequel, it was a squishy feel-good happy smiley movie.

cactuscab But I wound up watching this movie on a Sunday afternoon and I enjoyed it. Admittedly, I ingested six Shiner Bock's before viewing and a couple while watching it. Still, I stand by my positive review. I'm not going to try to defend the film in any intellectual way. It's no Kurosawa or Truffaut piece of work. I can only defend it in the same way I would a Journey song: Yes, it's corny, but I am drunk so screw you. Is that too confrontational? I'm sorry, I'm drunk. Whoops, I just spilled my beer. Party foul. At this point I'd go into an irrational diatribe about the Mariner's inept hitting at too loud a volume. Where was I? Oh, yeah. I have to say, the criticism of Christy Carlson Romano acting seems out of place. She's given a character that has no internal logic by the writers and does the best that could be done with it. Her scene at the door where she confesses her love for her partner is particularly good, to my senses. Any way, I feel kind of unmasculine now so I'm going to go watch Commando for the seven hundredth time. 6 stars.