Director Peter Grönlund and writers Anders Weidemann, Antonia Pyk, and Linn Gottfridsson take the necessary time to show how sports culture envelops the town. There’s a silent, haunting scene where a group of young girls are practicing figure skating, when a whistle suddenly blows and the older hockey players burst off the bench and skate circles around the class, both as a warning to clear the ice and as a thoughtless act, like those little girls don’t even exist. This kind of player empowerment translates time and time again to entitlement. They hold meetings over the coaching decisions, get drunk in the bar talking about upcoming games, and generally do whatever is necessary to produce a winning team. They do the same at practices, which they attend religiously.
Parents scream profanities at the refs - and young players - from the stands. While this may sound like a rather mundane life development for a former professional hockey player, Beartown is obsessed with its hockey club. 'Song of the South': 13 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movieĥ1 Directors' Favorite Horror Movies: Bong Joon Ho, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, and Moreįlashing back to what led to such drastic measures, Peter Andersson (Ulf Stenberg) and his family return to his titular hometown in Sweden, where he’s accepted a job to coach the local ice hockey team. 'White House Plumbers' Review: Woody Harrelson & Justin Theroux Make Fine Stooges in Watergate Farce How They Created That WTF Sandpit Sequence in 'Barry' Episode 4
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