thekarmicnomad A young ice skater injures herself and has to team up with a roguish hunk to compete at the Olympics.Now this is never going to win any awards for originality but I think everyone understands that when they commit to watching it.All the elements ares there, comedy, romance, betrayal, redemption, etc. etc.I think Christy Romano is a beautiful and expressive actress and she seems very at home here as does Ross Thomas. The two make a cute couple and there are some great scenes of them bickering on and off the ice.The problems with this film are really endemic of the format. I had to take three runs at this film as the opening scene is so cheap it put me off. The limitation in the budget shows through in places, especially with the crowd scenes at the competitions.There are a few seconds of unnecessary CGI that are just plain bad, a step ladder and a watering can would have done a much better job.The victory move is quite laughable but kind of in keeping with the film.A great Sunday afternoon watch.

lasherxl On its merits alone it would have been a fine Saturday afternoon flick. It was rather predictable in storyline but anyone starting that could figure that out 2 minutes in.Where it falls shortest is in the rehashing of the toe-pick joke from the first movie, I was only hoping they would hint at it until she finally said it. The other part was the bad 80s music which is OK if you're watching a brat pack spin off flick from pre 1992, in 2006 it just feels like the director was still in torn jeans and a Def Leppard shirt.If you're just looking for something easy going, or a movie to watch while recovering from major head surgery then you're set. I know it sounds mean, but I just wish these people would give a damn when they make a film to have it look better than a high school production of Grease.

mezo621 I love this movie but would like to make a few comments. I do not know why they did not use Sweeney and Kelly again. I think it always hurts a sequel when they change actors. Also the picture they used in the skating rink of the pair receiving the gold medal was wrong. The costumes where black and white. The stand-in they had for Ross Thomas had red hair and you could always tell when it was not him skating. Sorry but this is my opinion. Would love to see Thomas and Romano play in another movie but that never happens and don't ask how many times I have watched this movie. I just watched number 3 and was very disappointed in the fact that they implied that Jackie and Alex were not together. It ruined the second one. This movie will always be one of my favorites. Thank you for your attention. Lou

caa821 I just watched this movie for the second time, partly in the background, while catching up on some business and personal e-mails. I remember the first time I saw it a while back {I'd seen the "original," with Moira Kelly and D. B. Sweeney, playing characters, who, like the leads here - Christy Romano and Ross Thomas (Jackie & Alex) - forge a shaky beginning into an Olympic pairs-skating duo}. Jackie is the daughter of the Gold Medal-winning pair portrayed by Kelly and Sweeney, who married and are their daughter's supporters in her quest. Like her mother, she has to take-up "pairs" following an injury, and Alex becomes her partner, in mirror fashion to the original, and with the same conflicts to be resolved, as those through which her parents' achievements evolved. The only difference, is while her parents' romance developed in a straight-line sequence - she and Alex meet earlier while she is vacationing, and their attraction occurs before he learns her true identity, and they "part" - to begin again when he enters the field to become her partner. And while Sweeney was a hockey budding superstar who had sustained a career-ending injury, Alex is an X-games "celebrity," who leaves his agent and finds this arena of the sports world celebrity is not paying the rent. The first time I saw this movie was with several friends. One of them, for some inexplicable reason, having seen almost every famous movie, had somehow missed "Casablanca." We had planned for the gathering to watch this - for him to see the first time, the rest of us to enjoy anew - with my VHS copy, during the evening. One of the ladies also brought her copy of this film, and we watched it, followed by "Casablance." To use a baseball analogy, most would compare this, say, with watching a "AA" game between two non-contending teams, followed by the 7th game of the World Series with Sandy Koufax pitching (I know Sandy never actually had to pitch in a 7th game). But you know what -- you don't have to be snobbish or critical of movies like this one just because there are the "Casablancas" and "Citizen Kanes" out there. It has likable, attractive actors, both in the leads and supporting roles - and a genuinely moving love story - even if less classic than Bogey and Ingrid. And one could spend less enjoyable evenings than watching it, preceded by Kelly and Sweeney in the "original," an even slightly more appealing and warm presentation. Sure Bogart and Bergman, Henreid/Rains/Greenstreet/Lorre get a "10." But the original "Cutting Edge" rates a "9," and this flick a solid "8."