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Score: The Hockey Musical Opens TIFF With Jaw-Dropping, Head-Scratching Slap Shot

Considering the dull thud with which last year’s opening-night film Creation landed here, the Toronto Film Festival decided to go more traditional with tonight’s fest opener. And while Score: A Hockey Musical is quite possibly the most distinctly Canadian product I’ve seen since, well, ever , there is no denying that this one also throws tradition under the Zamboni. It’s more like a hockey opera — and yes, that really is Theo Fleury doing his own singing.

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Score: The Hockey Musical Opens TIFF With Jaw-Dropping, Head-Scratching Slap Shot