Score: A Hockey Musical

SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL (2010) - May 18, 2010
A dull musical about young hockey player who discovers that he is a prodigy at the game; much singing ensues.  One of the main problems here is that there really isn't a single element that feels fresh -- from the subplot with the friend who wants to be more than a friend, to his whole deal, where he lets the sucess of being a hockey player change who he is, there's really nothing here that I haven't seen a million times before.  Which of course wouldn't have particularly been a problem if it had been excecuted with any kind of panache, but the whole thing just feels dull and tired almost right from the get-go.  The other major problem is with the songs, which seem to only exist to convey exposition, and which are pretty much the opposite of memorable (they're not exactly hummable, that's for sure -- it's been less than a couple of hours since I watched the movie, and I can't remember a single song).  Boo-urns.  *1/2