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The Cutting Edge (1992) | Ranked Top 13% · CriticCrunch

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The Cutting Edge

Movie1992·102 min

The Cutting Edge

Directed by Paul Michael Glaser

Romance Comedy Drama

A romance comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 13%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.3/10

425 ratings

About The Cutting Edge

Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process...

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Funny (6 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Cozy
Story Tags: forbidden love, ambition hubris, sports, urban, international, romantic partners, strangers forced together, underdog, competition tournament, fish out of water, slow burn reveal, romcom meet cute

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Details

Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Language: English

Cast

D. B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice

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How The Cutting Edge Ranks

All movies

Top 13%

1990s movies

Top 13%

Romance movies

Top 16%

1990s Romance movies

Top 13%

★Paul Michael Glaser films#1 of 4

Paul Michael Glaser's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

The Cutting Edge Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulgentleeasy to followfunnypersonalheartfelt

playful

cozy

What it's about

competition tournamentfish out of waterslow-burn revealforbidden loveambition hubrisunderdogromantic partnersstrangers forced togethersportsmeet-cuteurbaninternational

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

funny 6/9funny 6/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

playfulplayful