The Rocket: The Maurice Richard Story
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- Synopsis
- Roy Dupuis stars as the first professional hockey player to score 50 goals in one season in director Charles Biname's docudrama tracing the life of Canadian sports legend Maurice "The Rocket" Richard....
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- Director(s)
- Charles Biname
- Distributor(s)
- Palm Pictures
- MPAA Rating
- PG
- Runtime
- 123 min.
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The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites
After a while the humorless solemnity of The Rocket stifles any interesting sense of Maurice Richard as a character. The hockey sequences are nicely done, though, and give a reasonably good sense of what a great player he was.Read the full review
Variety | Ronnie ScheibAdd Critic to Favorites
Boasts dazzling hockey action, but its off-ice piousness makes for tough sledding for non-Canucks.Read the full review
