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Youngblood
Drama, Romance
A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy earnest sports dramas about proving oneself, resisting macho expectations, and finding romance amid competitive pressure.
- Tone
- tense, romantic, bittersweet
- Payoff
- catharsis, swoon
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- ambition, masculinity, competition, violence, romance
- Setting
- 1980s, small-town Canadian hockey arenas and locker rooms