The Cutting Edge (1992)

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Rating: PG

Release Date: Jan 1, 1992

Running Time: 101 mins. (V/LAT)

Running Time: 126 mins. (NYT)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn, Dwier Brown, Chris Benson, Kevin Peeks, Barry Flatman, Rachelle Ottley, Steve Sears

director: Paul Michael Glaser

Set against the backdrop of the 1992 Olympic Figure Skating Competition, the film centers on the life of Doug Dorsey, a brash, blue collar hockey player who is destined for stardom in the NHL until an overzealous opponent leaves him blindsided. In a last ditch effort to capture the Gold, he teams up with Kate Moseley, a prima donna pairs figure skater whose domineering talent and razor-sharp wit puts Doug on very thin ice.

December 8, 2000

The Cutting Edge

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Wayne and Garth might call it a chick movie. Tony Gilroy's script sets up a romantic sparring match between Kate Moseley (Moira Kelly), a rich-bitch figure skater going for Olympic gold, and Doug Dorsey (D.B. Sweeney), a hockey jock who becomes her skating partner.

Kelly and Sweeney have a charm that's easy to root for. But they're not skaters, which forces director Paul M. Glaser to cut to stunt doubles whenever the ice action revs up. It doesn't help this formulaic…