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D3: The Mighty Ducks
D3: The Mighty Ducks

6.0

D3: The Mighty Ducks

PG·1996·104m

Summary

The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.

Crew

Director

Rob Lieberman

Characters, Screenplay

Steven Brill

Screenplay, Story

Jim Burnstein

Story

Kenneth Johnson

Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

September 25, 2020

6

Better than <em>'D2: The Mighty Ducks'</em>.

I rate <em>'D3: The Mighty Ducks'</em> more than that aforementioned sequel, but even so it's still a pretty lacklustre follow-up. The original is entertaining, none of the sequels are in my opinion. I, perhaps, like the premise to this one most, though I will say there's something about it that doesn't quite fit in with the trilogy itself.

Emilio Estevez is, at least partially, in this third film. He evidently couldn't give enough time to it, you can hardly blame him to be fair. He's decent in what he gives. As he magically disappears at times, Heidi Kling (Casey) and Joss Ackland (Hans) magically reappear. Neither were in the first sequel oddly, yet come in like nothing has happened in this. As such, their storylines - particularly Hans' - don't hit all that strongly.

The young actors, at least in my eyes, give their best performances of the series here. I actually, properly, took notice of the likes of Joshua Jackson (Charlie) and Kenan Thompson (Russ). Elsewhere, Jeffrey Nordling (Ted) and Abraham Ford himself, Michael Cudlitz (Cole), are decent. A firmer plot makes the cast standout, who knew?!

This is a weird one to me, all in all. It's certainly better than D2, and yet it kinda feels out of place and slightly underwhelming.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$22,955,097.00

Keywords

scholarship
sports
college
ice hockey
teenage boy