if you like slow and stylish and cynically heart warm humor . this movie be for you . this isn not sleepless in seattle or when harry meet sally . this be a brilliantly conceive and write and direct and act masterpiece that exalt the multifaceted idiosyncrasy of the great white north and combine it with a deft touch of the quiet side of british humor . it combine my love of humor and hockey and music in a tale of romance and transformation that be smart and rather than sickly sweet . kenneth walsh be great a the no hold bar coach that will fake cancer to motivate his team . michael riley give a performance even more subdued and complex than bud cort in harold and maude . and robbie coltrane be a hugely under appreciate comic talent the john candy of great britain . i seldom gush over a movie . but this one hit the spot .