I got this for my daughter and she loved it. She's also 4 years old. I am not the demographic for "Ice Princess", but nonetheless, it's still a cute family film that will appeal to the pre-teen girl and younger.
Casey (Michelle Trachtenberg) is a science geek senior looking to get into Harvard. She has a domineering mom (Joan Cusack) and a group of kids that look down on her because she is smart. Casey figures out a way to make the best of a situation where she can apply her physics to figure skating and help the young skaters in the town as well as herself. It works to perfection as she becomes a brilliant young skater and also manages to get in the good graces of all the other skaters she was helping.
Casey begins to compete, but she needs a coach and enter Tina Harwood (Kim Catrall). Tina own the local rink and is happens to be the only coach around. I found it funny that 4 of the best young skaters in the country all live in the same poor town. Anyway, Tina has some demons of her own and she appears to live vicariously through her skating daughter who no longer wants to skate, but have a life.
The plot is paper thin and the diologue is nothing special, but the characters are engaging and for the younger crowd it's a crowd pleaser. Young girls will like it and probably put a little bug in the ear making them want to skate. (***)
Casey (Michelle Trachtenberg) is a science geek senior looking to get into Harvard. She has a domineering mom (Joan Cusack) and a group of kids that look down on her because she is smart. Casey figures out a way to make the best of a situation where she can apply her physics to figure skating and help the young skaters in the town as well as herself. It works to perfection as she becomes a brilliant young skater and also manages to get in the good graces of all the other skaters she was helping.
Casey begins to compete, but she needs a coach and enter Tina Harwood (Kim Catrall). Tina own the local rink and is happens to be the only coach around. I found it funny that 4 of the best young skaters in the country all live in the same poor town. Anyway, Tina has some demons of her own and she appears to live vicariously through her skating daughter who no longer wants to skate, but have a life.
The plot is paper thin and the diologue is nothing special, but the characters are engaging and for the younger crowd it's a crowd pleaser. Young girls will like it and probably put a little bug in the ear making them want to skate. (***)