Language: English
Genre: Drama/Chick Flick
Cast: Michelle Trachtenberg, Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall, Hayden Panettiere, Trevor Blumas
Direction: Bridget Jhonson
Music: Christophe Beck
Reasons to watch: Aesthetic figure skating, good collection of sound tracks.
Reasons not to: Not a very good plot, can become uninteresting to watch in between.
Storyline: Casie, a physics geek, wants to pursue a scholarship for which she does a physics project on Figure skating which she has secret interest for. In the process, she discovers her love for skating and becomes exceptionally good at it. She is now pressed between her school work and skating and is not able to figure out what she really wants to do. She participates in the regionals and gets selected in the sectionals of the figure skating competition as her friend Gennifer drops out of it as she has no interest in skating ans she used to skate as she was compelled by her Mother Tina. Casie’s mother really wants her to join Harvard University and hence does not like her skating.While applying for Harvard Casie realizes her actual passion and goal and rejects the scholarship. Finally, under the training of Tina she comes 2nd in the sectionals and makes it to the nationals.
Points: The figure skating in the entire flick is a treat for the eyes.
Climax Handling: Girl finally discovers her real passion in life. Excels in it. Yeah!!
Rating: 7/10
Comment: Watch when in a light mood.
It’s a good movie…soft music…slow dance…on the sparkly ice surface!