Common Sense Media Review
Skating romance is cute, if trite. Tamest of trio.
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What's the Story?
Filled with tributes to the original The Cutting Edge, THE CUTTING EDGE 3: CHASING THE DREAM follows a similar plotline, adding a gender flip. When pairs figure skater Zack Conroy (Matt Lanter) loses his partner to an injury, he discovers hockey player Alejandra Delgado (Francia Raisa), who had to give up figure skating because her parents could no longer afford the lessons. With the help of coach Jackie Dorsey (Christy Carlson Romano) -- the daughter of the characters in the original film, whose own story was told in The Cutting Edge 2: Going for the Gold -- Zack and Alex work hard and try not to fall for each other.
Is It Any Good?
Sure, you know how everything is going to come out, but there's just enough tension to make it interesting. It probably won't change anyone's life, but it is a reasonably amusing way to spend an evening.
If you go in with the understanding that you're going to get hit with just about every cliche in the skating movie play book -- and knowing that credibility will be stretched almost to the point of tendons snapping -- The Cutting Edge 3 is actually kind of fun. The point of the movie is silly romance, and it's quite good at that. The characters are mostly engaging -- Raisa, in particular, puts a nice spin on the spunky-but-beautiful heroine.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about whether this movie follows a "formula" for sports and/or romantic movies. What elements of the story have you seen before? What's new/fresh? What does this movie have in common with the two that came before it? Families can also discuss how the skating scenes were filmed. Do you think stunt doubles were used? How do you think the death-defying move at the end was shot so that it looked like all one move?
Movie Details
- In theaters : March 13, 2008
- On DVD or streaming : April 1, 2008
- Cast : Francia Raisa , Matt Lanter
- Director : Stuart Gillard
- Inclusion Information : Female Movie Actor(s) , Latino Movie Actor(s)
- Studio : MGM/UA
- Genre : Drama
- Run time : 92 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- MPAA explanation : some sexual references.
- Last updated : February 14, 2022
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